20 movies like Wilson, ordered by similarity : Vice(2018), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Wings and the Woman(1942), Give 'Em Hell, Harry!(1975), Lincoln(2012), Churchill(2017), The Great Victor Herbert(1939), Mata Hari(1931), Lawrence of Arabia(1962), I Saw the Light(2015), Parnell(1937), Vincere(2009) ...
Biography
1944
154 Minutes
Alexander Knox Charles Coburn Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Cedric Hardwicke Vincent Price William Eythe Mary Anderson Ruth Ford Sidney Blackmer
woodrow wilson politician wife military officer opponent patriotic confident princeton, n.j. washington, d.c. white house politics ambition love marriage world war i rise rivalry 1910s
Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) goes from Princeton to the White House and promotes the League of Nations.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
132 Minutes
Christian Bale Amy Adams Steve Carell Sam Rockwell Alison Pill Eddie Marsan Justin Kirk LisaGay Hamilton Jesse Plemons Bill Camp Don McManus
president dick cheney george w. bush politician wife brooding bleak intricate disheartening tense washington, d.c. backyard office white house stage press conference dick cheney american foreign policy politics war
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Biography
UK
1942
96 Minutes
Anna Neagle Robert Newton Edward Chapman Nora Swinburne Brefni O'Rorke Charles Carson Martita Hunt Anthony Shaw Eliot Makeham David Horne Miles Malleson
aviatrix aviator husband wife solicitor government official emotional gripping rousing thrilling england house airplane amy johnson marriage flying husband/wife relationship fame world war ii rise
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was ... See full summary »
Biography
1975
102 Minutes
president politician veteran charming spirited stage missouri washington, d.c. white house harry s. truman presidency world war i childhood farming politics underdog growing up rivalry 1900s
The candor and wit of Harry S. Truman is portrayed in a one-man show revealing his public and private sides.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|India
2012
149 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Sally Field David Strathairn Joseph Gordon-Levitt James Spader Hal Holbrook Tommy Lee Jones Lee Pace Michael Stuhlbarg David Costabile Jackie Earle Haley
president first lady son vice president military officer activist somber inspiring intense tense white house washington, d.c. battlefield government building big city abraham lincoln slavery historical events american civil war fight for justice
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
105 Minutes
Brian Cox Miranda Richardson John Slattery Ella Purnell Julian Wadham Richard Durden James Purefoy Danny Webb Jonathan Aris George Anton Steven Cree
winston churchill wife general intense passionate patriotic spirited europe normandy coast england house office world war ii war effort politics political unrest pursuit rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.
Biography
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly Lee Bowman Susanna Foster Judith Barrett Jerome Cowan John Garrick Pierre Watkin Richard Tucker Hal K. Dawson
husband singer composer doctor opera singer wife emotional melodramatic small town new york city switzerland opera house stage show business troubled marriage fame doomed romance mentorship victor herbert love
A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
123 Minutes
Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Bradley Whitford David Krumholtz Cherry Jones Maddie Hasson Wes Langlois Wrenn Schmidt
singer country singer singer-songwriter womanizer american musician guitarist love interest wife child boy george girl hank williams jr. disheartening emotional engaging gripping sad united states alabama
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Biography
USA
1937
119 Minutes
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Edna May Oliver Edmund Gwenn Alan Marshal Donald Crisp Billie Burke Donald Meek
politician captain wife rival wealthy woman irishman tense patriotic melodramatic ireland court england estate parliament bedroom charles stewart parnell politics trial infidelity romance
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
2009
128 Minutes
Giovanna Mezzogiorno Filippo Timi Corrado Invernizzi Fausto Russo Alesi Michela Cescon Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Paolo Pierobon Bruno Cariello Francesca Picozza Simona Nobili Giovanna Mori
benito mussolini wife son fascists brutal dark emotional italy betrayal love war politics loss fall revenge sacrifice 1940s
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2016
123 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Ruth Negga Marton Csokas Nick Kroll Terri Abney Alano Miller Jon Bass Michael Shannon Chris Greene Sharon Blackwood
black woman white man husband wife police officer supreme court justice brooding emotional intense virginia washington, d.c. house prison office courtroom interracial relationship racism bullying courage justice
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA|Australia|Japan|France
2007
121 Minutes
Sam Riley Samantha Morton Craig Parkinson Alexandra Maria Lara Joe Anderson James Anthony Pearson Toby Kebbell Harry Treadaway Andrew Sheridan Robert Shelly
musician manager journalist wife dark sad brooding england household concert stage suicide marriage loneliness love triangle infidelity music fall rise love 1970s
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
Biography
USA
1943
124 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Henry Travers Albert Basserman Robert Walker C. Aubrey Smith
marie curie pierre curie scientist professor husband wife fascinating inspiring moving paris university laboratory scientific experiments marriage honor research partnership discovery love rise
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2004
166 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale John C. Reilly Alec Baldwin Alan Alda Ian Holm Danny Huston Gwen Stefani Jude Law Adam Scott
howard hughes katharine hepburn ava gardner entrepreneur actor pilot striking fascinating thrilling airplane hangar hollywood, calif. howard hughes love obsessive-compulsive disorder aviation filmmaking ambition fall rise love
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Biography, Drama
USA
1953
106 Minutes
Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Torin Thatcher Ian Wolfe Sig Ruman Angela Clarke
magician wife assistant mother tender suspenseful thrilling stage coney island detroit love entertainment magic ambition occult harry houdini love rise 1920s
From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|France|USA
2016
111 Minutes
David Oyelowo Rosamund Pike Jack Davenport Tom Felton Laura Carmichael Charlotte Hope Jack Lowden Nicholas Lyndhurst Jessica Oyelowo Arnold Oceng Anastasia Hille
prince african white woman british woman citizen president charming moving emotional engaging inspiring powerful botswana africa united kingdom embassy village street love forbidden love
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Biography
USA
1950
89 Minutes
judge wife friend clerk writer inspiring tender fascinating spirited washington, d.c. family home courtroom marriage love grief aging love quest 1920s
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Biography
USA
1940
110 Minutes
Raymond Massey Gene Lockhart Ruth Gordon Mary Howard Minor Watson Alan Baxter Harvey Stephens Howard da Silva Dorothy Tree Aldrich Bowker Maurice Murphy
abraham lincoln politician wife lawyer shopkeeper fascinating heartwarming striking new salem, ill. patriotism coming of age historical events new love politics rise quest 1830s
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.