Movies like Glory
If Glory's mix of racism, battle and union soldier stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Glory's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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12 Years a Slave
2013 · Directed by Steve McQueen · 134 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: racism, 19th century, african american history · Also drama and history
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive,…
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Lincoln
2012 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 150 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: american civil war, 19th century · Also history and drama
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country…
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The Woman King
2022 · Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood · 135 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and history
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…
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Zulu
1964 · Directed by Cy Endfield · 138 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and history
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
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Django Unchained
2012 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 165 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: racism, 19th century
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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Free State of Jones
2016 · Directed by Gary Ross · 140 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: american civil war · Also drama and history
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union.
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Schindler's List
1993 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 195 min8.6
Why you'll like itAlso drama and history
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.