Movies Like Flavia Vulva - Altrömisches Lotterleben
If you liked Flavia Vulva - Altrömisches Lotterleben (1992), a history movie directed by Walter Molitor, 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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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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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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Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also historyGoltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius…
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Mandingo (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also historyWarren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he…
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also historyIn this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious…
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Casualties of War (1989)
★ 7.2/10Also historyDuring the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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The Devils (1971)
★ 7.5/10Also historyIn 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of sexually depraved Sister Jeanne's accusations of witchcraft, which corrupt officials of church and state are all too happy to…
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Chimes at Midnight (1965)
★ 7.2/10Also historyHenry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and…
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also historyThe story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in…
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Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
★ 7/10Also historyThe story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
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The Devil's Bath (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also historyIn 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly…
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Gangs of New York (2002)
★ 7.3/10Also historyIn early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He…
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Mark of the Devil (1970)
★ 6.1/10Also historyIn 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
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Bent (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also historyMax is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the…
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also historyIn 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true…
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The Krays (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also historyTwins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
★ 7/10Also historyWhen German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader…
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Nightwatching (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also historyAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
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Sometimes in April (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also historyTwo brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.