Movies like Malcolm X
Malcolm X (1992) is a history movie directed by Spike Lee. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Selma (2014)
★ 7.4 · 2,381 votes · History, Drama
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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2. The Message (1976)
★ 7.1 · 424 votes · Adventure, Drama, Action
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
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3. Nickel Boys (2024)
★ 6.6 · 382 votes · Drama, History
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
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4. Bloody Sunday (2002)
★ 7.2 · 375 votes · Drama, History
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
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5. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,409 votes · Drama, History, War
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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6. Escape from Pretoria (2020)
★ 7.2 · 1,552 votes · Drama, History, Thriller
South 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 to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
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7. The Physician (2013)
★ 7.3 · 1,222 votes · Adventure, Drama, History
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
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8. Serpico (1973)
★ 7.5 · 2,303 votes · Crime, Drama, History
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
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