Movies Like Trouble

If you liked Trouble (2023), a drama and history movie directed by Jonathan Shaw, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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   Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

   ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

   At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

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   Radium Girls (2020)

   ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

   Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

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   Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

   ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

   The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and…

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   Belfast (2021)

   ★ 7/10Also drama and history

   Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a…

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   Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)

   ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

   The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and…

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   The Last Rifleman (2023)

   ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

   A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

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   Julia (1977)

   ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

   At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

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   The Book of Daniel (2013)

   ★ 7/10Also drama and history

   Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is…

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   Panther (1995)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

   In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

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    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also history and drama

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

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    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

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    Suffragette (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and history

    Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

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    Ararat (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

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    Origin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and history

    While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

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    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

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    Shattered Glass (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass'…

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    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also history and drama

    At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

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    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

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    Giant (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership…

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    The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and history

    Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…