Films like Mary, Queen of Scots

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   Macbeth

   Film · 1948 · also drama

   Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his w...

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   Munich - The Edge of War

   Film · 2021 · also drama and history

   At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

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   Rob Roy

   Film · 1995 · also drama and history

   In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to ma...

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   Anonymous

   Film · 2011 · also drama and history

   Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Ea...

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   I Swear

   Film · 2025 · also drama and history

   Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kin...

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   Romero

   Film · 1989 · also drama and history

   Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social...

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   Victoria & Abdul

   Film · 2017 · also drama and history

   Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

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   Hamlet

   Film · 1990 · also drama and history

   Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

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   Julia

   Film · 1977 · also drama and history

   At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

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    Queen of the Desert

    Film · 2015 · also drama and history

    A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East a...

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