Movies like Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (2002) is a history movie directed by Paul Greengrass. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Hunger (2008)
★ 7.2 · 1,275 votes · Drama, History
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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2. Michael Collins (1996)
★ 6.9 · 542 votes · War, Drama, Thriller
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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3. Gandhi (1982)
★ 7.6 · 2,594 votes · Drama, History
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
★ 8.0 · 3,318 votes · Drama, History
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
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5. Nuremberg (2025)
★ 7.6 · 1,492 votes · History, Drama
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
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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 Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
★ 7.7 · 3,478 votes · Drama, History
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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8. Braveheart (1995)
★ 7.9 · 11,522 votes · Drama, History, War
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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