Top rated like a history lesson movies with a riveting finish

Check out today’s highest ranked like a history lesson movies with a riveting finish! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best like a history lesson movies with a riveting 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
    leaving lasting impact
  2. Ranked #1 for
    emotionally compelling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    masterstroke

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2 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 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big scale
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wide scope

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3 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 6.82
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    true representation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    chivalry

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4 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 7.711
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    slice of history
  3. Ranked #2 for
    excellent casting

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5 Mr. Jones (2019)

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

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2019-10-03 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

James Norton, Vanessa Kirby

Rating

rating icon 6.755
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like a history lesson
  2. Ranked #2 for
    sharply contrasting imagery
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ultimate downfall

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6 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
    ably played
  3. Ranked #1 for
    real deal

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7 The Forgotten Battle (2021)

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.

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2021-06-05 | War / History

Cast

Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters

Rating

rating icon 7.109
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    epic battle sequence
  2. Ranked #1 for
    high-quality directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    very well executed

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8 Official Secrets (2019)

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

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2019-08-30 | Thriller / History

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matt Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.231
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moral
  2. Ranked #1 for
    shaking head in disbelief
  3. Ranked #2 for
    intrepid

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9 Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

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2021-09-16 | History / Drama

Cast

Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling

Rating

rating icon 6.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    seductive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    evil deeds
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wonderfully executed

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10 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.918
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    practically flawless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for historical research

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