Films like Escape from Pretoria

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   BlacKkKlansman

   Film · 2018 · also drama and history

   Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the...

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   Against the Wall

   Film · 1994 · also drama and history

   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 history

   Inspired 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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   Nowhere to Run

   Film · 1993 · also drama and thriller

   Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

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   A Dry White Season

   Film · 1989 · also drama and thriller

   During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police cu...

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   Emancipation

   Film · 2022 · also drama and history

   Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his...

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   Truth & Treason

   Film · 2025 · also drama and history

   In 1941 Nazi Germany, 16-year-old Helmuth Hübener begins questioning the regime after learning the truth about the war and seeing his Jewish friend persecuted. With two f...

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   The Trial of the Chicago 7

   Film · 2020 · also drama and history

   What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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   Septembers of Shiraz

   Film · 2015 · also drama and thriller

   In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Irani...

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    Free State of Jones

    Film · 2016 · also drama and history

    In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After h...

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