Movies Like Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street
If you liked Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street, a drama and history movie directed by Giuseppe M. Gaudino, 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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Duse (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyIn the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and…
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Fuori (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyRome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza commits a desperate theft that costs her her reputation…
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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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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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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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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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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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Vincere (2009)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyThe story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
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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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Memories of Anne Frank (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyThe story of Anne Frank and her friend, Hanneli Goslar, their first meeting in Amsterdam, their daily lives, the German occupation, and their sudden separation when the Frank family went into hiding.
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Esterno Notte - Prima Parte (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and historyThe 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists.
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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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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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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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Nightwatching (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
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Origin (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyWhile 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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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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El Greco (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and historyThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
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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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Mary (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyA miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.