Top rated historical movies with a captivating finish

Check out today’s highest ranked historical movies with a captivating finish! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best historical movies with a captivating finish, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Farha (2021)

Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.

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2021-09-14 | Drama / History

Cast

Ashraf Barhom, Karam Taher

Rating

rating icon 7.663
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heart-wrenching
  2. Ranked #1 for
    honest portrayal
  3. Ranked #1 for
    leaving lasting impact

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2 Hunt (2022)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

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2022-08-10 | Action / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    overly complicated
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cluttered
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thickened plot

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Hunt trailer
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3 The Lost King (2022)

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

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2022-10-07 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    excellent casting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    analytic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    becoming fascinated

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4 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    heroic acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gung-ho

Trailer

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan trailer
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5 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / History

Cast

Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya

Rating

rating icon 7.348
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    impactful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    real deal
  3. Ranked #1 for
    electrifying

Trailer

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6 A Call to Spy (2020)

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

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2020-10-02 | History / Crime

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic

Rating

rating icon 6.849
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fearless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wide scope
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with crowning moments

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7 The Endless Trench (2019)

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

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2019-10-31 | Drama / History

Cast

Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pacifism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never-ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    endless

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8 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating

rating icon 7.708
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    dynamite
  3. Ranked #2 for
    crisp dialogue

Trailer

The Trial of the Chicago 7 trailer
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9 The Shadow in My Eye (2021)

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

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2021-10-28 | War / Drama

Cast

Bertram Bisgaard Enevoldsen, Ester Birch

Rating

rating icon 7.816
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tragic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    eloquent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intensely moving

Trailer

The Shadow in My Eye trailer
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10 Apollo 11 (2019)

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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2019-03-01 | Documentary / History

Cast

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

Rating

rating icon 7.848
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most astonishing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    staggering
  3. Ranked #1 for
    great cinematic achievement

Trailer

Apollo 11 trailer
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