Movies like The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) is a romance movie directed by Mike Newell. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
★ 7.6 · 14,134 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
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2. Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6 · 18,038 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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3. The King's Speech (2010)
★ 7.7 · 9,584 votes · Drama, History
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
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4. Darkest Hour (2017)
★ 7.4 · 5,674 votes · Drama, History
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.
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5. Suite Française (2015)
★ 7.2 · 1,158 votes · Drama, Romance, War
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
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6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
★ 8.2 · 17,917 votes · War, Drama, History
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
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7. Oppenheimer (2023)
★ 8.0 · 12,691 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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8. Allied (2016)
★ 6.8 · 4,913 votes · Action, Drama, War
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
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9. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
★ 7.8 · 7,880 votes · Drama, War, History
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
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10. Denial (2016)
★ 6.8 · 717 votes · Drama, History
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
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11. Their Finest (2017)
★ 6.6 · 463 votes · Romance, War, Drama
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
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12. Downton Abbey (2019)
★ 7.2 · 1,301 votes · Drama, Romance, History
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
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13. Where Hands Touch (2018)
★ 7.9 · 543 votes · War, Drama, Romance
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
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14. Northanger Abbey (2007)
★ 6.8 · 321 votes · Romance, Drama, TV Movie
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
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15. The Best of Enemies (2019)
★ 7.4 · 504 votes · Drama, History
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
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16. Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9 · 690 votes · Drama, History
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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17. The Secret Scripture (2017)
★ 7.2 · 334 votes · Drama, Romance
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.
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