Movies Like The American Letters

If you liked The American Letters (2015), a history and tv movie movie directed by Jaroslav Brabec, 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
The Zone of Interest (2023)
★ 7/10Also history
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
2
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
★ 7.2/10Also history
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also history and tv movie
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
4
Julia (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also history
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
5
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also history and tv movie
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…
6
Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also history
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
7
Worth (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also history
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what…
8
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…
9
Disappearing Acts (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
10
All the Way (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also history and tv movie
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually…
11
Hamlet (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movie
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…
12
The Duchess (2008)
★ 7/10Also history
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
13
Anna Karenina (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also history
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high…
14
Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie
An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young nephew.
15
My Christmas Prince (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movie
Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of…
16
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also history
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in…
17
Prom Pact (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie
It's prom season, and high school senior Mandy and her best friend and fellow outsider Ben are surrounded by over-the-top "promposals." Mandy is only focused on getting into her dream school Harvard, but as she starts…
18
Holiday Harmony (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie
A likeable and talented underdog gets momentarily sidelined from chasing her musical dreams when her van breaks down in a welcoming small town just before Christmas.
19
My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
20
Colette (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also history
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after…