Movies Like Fallen Blossoms

If you liked Fallen Blossoms (1938), a drama and history movie directed by Tamizo Ishida, 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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   Radium Girls (2020)

   ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

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

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   Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

   ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

   At 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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   Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

   ★ 6.9/10Also drama and 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…

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   Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)

   ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

   The 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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   Mansfield Park (2007)

   ★ 6.1/10Also drama

   Fanny 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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   Suffragette (2015)

   ★ 7.2/10Also drama and history

   Based 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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   Julia (1977)

   ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

   At 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 Last Rifleman (2023)

   ★ 6.6/10Also drama and 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…

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   Panther (1995)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

   In 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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    Giant (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and 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…

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    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    A 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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    Shattered Glass (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and 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'…

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    Origin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and history

    While 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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    The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and history

    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…

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    Edo Porn (1981)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and history

    The 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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    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

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    The Book of Daniel (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Taken 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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    Firebrand (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

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    The Secrets We Keep (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also history and drama

    In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

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    Belfast (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a…