Films like Against the Wall
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.
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Maze
Film · 2017 · also drama and historyInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World Wa...
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Escape from Pretoria
Film · 2020 · also drama and historySouth Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion...
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Firebrand
Film · 2024 · also drama and historyKatherine 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...
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Film · 2012 · also drama and 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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Confirmation
Film · 2016 · also drama and historyJudge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed h...
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Field of Lost Shoes
Film · 2015 · also drama and historyA 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 Shenan...
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Walking with the Enemy
Film · 2014 · also drama and 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 els...
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I Am Elizabeth Smart
Film · 2017 · also drama and tv movieThe story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
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Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Film · 2022 · also drama and 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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Birdman of Alcatraz
Film · 1962 · also drama and historyAfter killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new...
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