Movies Like Youth of a Genius
If you liked Youth of a Genius (1983), a history movie directed by Elyor Ishmukhamedov, 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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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also historyAt 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.
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Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also historyHendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
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Medieval (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also historyThe story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also historyRegent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…
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Kings of the Sun (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also historyIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into…
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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also historyElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also historyA Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the…
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Mayerling (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also historyCrown 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…
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The Physician (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also historyEngland, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and…
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also historyA 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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The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also historyDecember of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote…
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Désirée (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also historyIn Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces…
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El Cid (1961)
★ 6.8/10Also historyEpic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
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Desert Warrior (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also historyIn 7th-century Arabia, Princess Hind becomes a warrior to defy the ruthless Emperor Kisra. Forged into a warrior and aided by legendary bandit Hanzala, Hind unites warring tribes for a last stand—the historic Battle of…
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Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
★ 7/10Also historyWhat was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also 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…
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Emperor (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also historyAn escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also historyAn 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.
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Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also historyA young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
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Panther (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also historyIn this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.