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Movies that feel likeThe Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

If you loved The Woman King, the closest films we have are The Shadow in My Eye (2021), Red Cliff (2008) and We Were Soldiers (2002). All three share The Woman King's epic and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gina Prince-Bythewoodkineticcontemplativeepicbleak
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The Shadow in My Eye
2021 · dir. Ole Bornedal
★ 7.3war · drama · historyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a true story

The difference: Trades the momentum of The Woman King for an angle of its own

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

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Red Cliff
2008 · dir. John Woo
🍅 89%★ 7.3history · war · actionPrime Video

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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We Were Soldiers
2002 · dir. Randall Wallace
🍅 63%★ 7.2action · history · warParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind...dead or alive. We will all come home together."

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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007 · dir. Sergei Bodrov
🍅 86%★ 7.2history · war · action

Both lean on bleakness more than on action

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

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The Zone of Interest
2023 · dir. Jonathan Glazer
🍅 93%★ 7.3drama · history · warRent or buy

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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The Champion
2021 · dir. Maciej Barczewski
★ 6.8drama · history · warPrime Video

History with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

It is 1940. The first transport of prisoners arrives at the newly created concentration camp Auschwitz. One of them is Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champion of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his and other prisoners’ lives. However, his every win strengthens the hope that Nazis are not invincible. Auschwitz officers notice the growing resistance. The confrontation with the authorities of the camp becomes inevitable.

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Midway
2019 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 42%★ 6.7war · history · drama

Kinetic war in both cases

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

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12 Strong
2018 · dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
🍅 50%★ 6.6war · action · history

Epic action, and it commits to that

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

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Napoleon
2023 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 58%★ 6.3history · war · dramaApple TV+

Bleak drama, and it commits to that

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

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The Darkest Minds
2018 · dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
🍅 15%★ 5.7action · adventure · drama

History built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than The Woman King does

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

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Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · dir. Konstantin Buslov
★ 6.6war · history · dramaPrime Video

War built on stillness, twice over

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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T-34
2018 · dir. Alexey Sidorov
★ 6.8drama · history · warPrime Video

Both lean on scale more than on drama

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

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