Movies Like Night Drum
If you liked Night Drum (1958), a drama and history movie directed by Tadashi Imai, 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 historyAt 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 historyYoung 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 historyThe 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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Julia (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyAt 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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Shattered Glass (2003)
★ 7/10Also drama and historyStephen 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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Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and historyThe 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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Edo Porn (1981)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and historyThe world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
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The Book of Daniel (2013)
★ 7/10Also drama and historyTaken 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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Hamlet (1990)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
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Panther (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyIn 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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Suffragette (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyBased 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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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and historyA 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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Taboo (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historySet during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a…
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Chûshingura (1962)
★ 7.1/10Also history and dramaAfter their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Mansfield Park (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaFanny 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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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyA 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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Giant (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyFollows 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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Inu-Oh (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and historyA cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan.
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Ararat (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and historyInterrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.