Movies like Ford v Ferrari
Ford v Ferrari (2019) is a history movie directed by James Mangold. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. F1 (2025)
★ 7.8 · 4,818 votes · Action, Drama
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
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2. Days of Thunder (1990)
★ 6.4 · 1,815 votes · Adventure, Action, Drama
Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
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3. Rush (2013)
★ 7.7 · 8,099 votes · Drama, Action
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
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4. Gran Turismo (2023)
★ 7.7 · 3,612 votes · Adventure, Drama, Action
The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
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5. Hidden Figures (2016)
★ 8.1 · 10,750 votes · Drama, History
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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6. Green Book (2018)
★ 8.2 · 13,368 votes · Drama, Comedy, History
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
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7. The Imitation Game (2014)
★ 8.0 · 18,535 votes · History, Drama, Thriller
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
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8. Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6 · 18,037 votes · Drama, History, War
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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9. 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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10. American Sniper (2014)
★ 7.4 · 13,945 votes · War, Action
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
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11. Oppenheimer (2023)
★ 8.0 · 12,690 votes · Drama, History
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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12. Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4 · 2,828 votes · Drama, History, Crime
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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13. Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)
★ 6.4 · 773 votes · Drama, History
Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
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14. Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5 · 877 votes · Drama, History, War
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
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15. The Perfect Storm (2000)
★ 6.5 · 2,691 votes · Drama, Adventure, Action
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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16. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
★ 6.9 · 829 votes · Drama, History, Action
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.
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17. The Right Stuff (1983)
★ 7.4 · 1,019 votes · Drama, History
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
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18. The Finest Hours (2016)
★ 6.6 · 1,809 votes · Action, Drama, History
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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19. The Longest Day (1962)
★ 7.6 · 1,060 votes · War, Drama, History
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
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