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The Post (2017)

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

🍅 88%7.2dir. Steven Spielbergcontemplativeepic

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Spotlight
2015 · dir. Tom McCarthy
🍅 97%8.1drama · history

both about newspaper · shares that contemplative feel

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Steve Jobs
2015 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 85%7.2drama · history

both about biography · shares that epic feel

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

Darkest Hour
2017 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 84%7.4drama · history

both about based on true story · same contemplative energy

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Sully
2016 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 85%7.4drama · history

both about based on true story · same epic energy

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviatio

Dallas Buyers Club
2013 · dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
🍅 92%7.9drama · history

both about biography · just as contemplative

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

Oppenheimer
2023 · dir. Christopher Nolan
🍅 93%8.2drama · history

just as epic

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

12 Years a Slave
2013 · dir. Steve McQueen
🍅 95%8.1drama · history

kindred drama spirit

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solom

Invictus
2009 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 76%7.3drama · history

kindred history spirit

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995

Lincoln
2012 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 90%7.3history · drama

same director (Steven Spielberg)

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed,

Everest
2015 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 73%7.1adventure · drama · history

kindred drama spirit

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mett

The Founder
2016 · dir. John Lee Hancock
🍅 80%7.2drama · history

kindred history spirit

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to

Into the Wild
2007 · dir. Sean Penn
🍅 83%8adventure · drama

kindred drama spirit

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

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