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Movies Like Rainis

If you liked Rainis (1949), a history movie directed by Yuli Raizman, 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.

  1. 1The Current War

    The Current War (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also history

    Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

  2. 2Dalíland

    Dalíland (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also history

    In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

  3. 3All Eyez on Me

    All Eyez on Me (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also history

    All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row…

  4. 4Radium Girls

    Radium Girls (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history

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

  5. 5The Invisible Woman

    The Invisible Woman (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also history

    In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his…

  6. 6Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out (1988)

    ★ 6.8/10Also history

    Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with…

  7. 7Mr. Turner

    Mr. Turner (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history

    Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

  8. 8Oranges and Sunshine

    Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10Also 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…

  9. 9Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also 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'…

  10. 10Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also history

    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.

  11. 11Jobs

    Jobs (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also history

    The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

  12. 12Radioactive

    Radioactive (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history

    The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of…

  13. 13Munich - The Edge of War

    Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also history

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

  14. 14Mayerling

    Mayerling (1968)

    ★ 6.2/10Also history

    Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…

  15. 15Game Change

    Game Change (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also history

    During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of…

  16. 16Giant

    Giant (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also 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…

  17. 17Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also history

    Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius…

  18. 18A Call to Spy

    A Call to Spy (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also history

    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…

  19. 19The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also 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…

  20. 2061*

    61* (2001)

    ★ 7/10Also history

    In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe…

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