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Movies Like The Wars of the Roses

If you liked The Wars of the Roses (1965), a drama and history movie directed by Robin Midgley and Peter Hall, 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. 1Hamlet

    Hamlet (2009)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling…

  2. 2Braveheart

    Braveheart (1995)

    ★ 7.9/10Also history and drama

    Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire…

  3. 3Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon (1975)

    ★ 8/10Also drama and history

    An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

  4. 4Nicholas and Alexandra

    Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

  5. 5The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus…

  6. 6Gods and Generals

    Gods and Generals (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and history

    Follows the personal and professional life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.

  7. 7Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

    Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)

    ★ 8.3/10Also history

    This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, the 1985 original production by the…

  8. 8A Passage to India

    A Passage to India (1984)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and history

    Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

  9. 9Titus

    Titus (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and history

    Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

  10. 10Alexander

    Alexander (2004)

    ★ 6/10Also history and drama

    Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all…

  11. 11Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur (1959)

    ★ 7.9/10Also history and drama

    In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.

  12. 12Lion of the Desert

    Lion of the Desert (1981)

    ★ 7.3/10Also history and drama

    Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for…

  13. 13Uprising

    Uprising (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

  14. 14Gettysburg

    Gettysburg (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the…

  15. 15The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line (1998)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and history

    The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows…

  16. 16Schindler's List

    Schindler's List (1993)

    ★ 8.6/10Also drama and history

    The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

  17. 17Hamlet

    Hamlet (1996)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

  18. 18Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and history

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

  19. 19National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity…

  20. 20Exodus

    Exodus (1960)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction…

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