Movies Like Frederica Montseny, la dona que parla

If you liked Frederica Montseny, la dona que parla (2021), a history and tv movie movie directed by Laura Mañá, 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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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
2
The Miniaturist (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also history and tv movie
A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems.
3
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
★ 6.5/10Also history
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk…
4
The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
★ 7/10Also history and tv movie
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Les Misérables (1978)
★ 7.1/10Also history and tv movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the…
6
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…
7
Confirmation (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also history and tv movie
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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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.
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also history
Regent 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…
10
Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie
The 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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Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also history
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
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Mansfield Park (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
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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In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and history
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
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Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also history
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
15
El Cid (1961)
★ 6.8/10Also history
Epic 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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Firebrand (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also 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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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also history and tv movie
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer…
18
I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
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Emperor (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also history
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
20
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
★ 6/10Also tv movie
Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…