Movies Like Then God Named It Earth
If you liked Then God Named It Earth (1961), a drama and history movie directed by Carlos Toussaint, 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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Zama (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyIn a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he…
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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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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 Movie Teller (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyMaría Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy…
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Viva Zapata! (1952)
★ 6.8/10Also history and dramaThe story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
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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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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history and dramaA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyThe 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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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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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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Mansfield Park (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaFanny 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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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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A Man of Action (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyLoosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist 'Robin Hood,' who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America's largest bank…
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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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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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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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A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and historyUruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.
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Memories of My Father (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and historyIn the polarized and violent Medellín (Colombia's 'City of Eternal Spring') of the 1970s, doctor Héctor Abad Gómez is concerned about both his children and children from less favored classes. After a devastating loss…
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Oslo (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyThe true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple that…
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyFr. 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…