20 movies like Back to 1942, ordered by similarity : Hostiles(2017), Only the Brave(2006), The Arroyo(2014), Custody(2016), Revolution(1985), Pawnee(1957), Viceroy's House(2017), The Vanishing American(1925), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1969), The New World(2005), Bright Victory(1951), Free State of Jones(2016) ...
Drama, History
2012
146 Minutes
Guoli Zhang Tim Robbins Adrien Brody Xu Fan Ziwen Wang Chen Daoming Li Xuejian Wei Fan Feng Yuanzheng Li Qian Zhang Shaohua
landlord american priest emotional china empire last stand famine transformation
The fortunes of a well-off Chinese landlord (Zhang Guoli) fall to ruin, as a devastating famine holds the country in its grip in 1942.
7.2/10
Drama, History, Western
USA
2017
133 Minutes
Christian Bale Rosamund Pike Wes Studi Jesse Plemons Adam Beach Rory Cochrane Peter Mullan Scott Wilson Paul Anderson Timothée Chalamet Ben Foster
native american chief soldier commanding officer widow native american traveler brutal tense gritty raw emotional gory new mexico montana desert plains fort town american indian wars native americans
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
5.3/10
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
japanese-american american soldier japanese soldier brutal creative emotional engaging fascinating fiery gutsy patriotic raw shocking pearl harbor united states italy north africa pearl harbor world war ii battalion
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Kenny Maines David Armendariz Nicole Sadler Elijah Montez Junior Vazquez Christy Morris Hans Obma Tim Ybarra
texas ranger brutal chilling confident crafty dark disheartening fiery gripping intense patriotic wild american south mexican-american border mexico drug trafficking american south american latino culture america border control
A landowner in southern Arizona, tired of seeing drug smugglers cross the border through his property, decides to fight back.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2016
104 Minutes
Viola Davis Hayden Panettiere Catalina Sandino Moreno Ellen Burstyn Dan Fogler Jaden Michael Bryce Lorenzo Nicholas L. Ashe Julius Tennon Karen Pittman
judge latina mother lawyer woman american african-american woman emotional tense engaging gripping positive court courtroom new york new york city united states america court battles court decision
The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
5.3/10
War, Drama, History
UK|Norway
1985
123 Minutes
Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski Joan Plowright Dave King Annie Lennox Steven Berkoff John Wells
trapper son soldier british colonial official moving emotional tense shocking solemn patriotic america united states war revenge battle torture american history american revolutionary war revenge escape
A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
5.4/10
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
George Montgomery Bill Williams Lola Albright Francis J. McDonald Robert Griffin Dabbs Greer Kathleen Freeman Charlotte Austin Ralph Moody Ann Barton Raymond Hatton
native american warrior native american chief native american woman settler uncle wagon master brash tense melodramatic american west camp wagon train prairie native americans identity crisis love triangle murder death cultural assimilation transformation
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be with the white people. Now known as Paul... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
lord viceroy wife daughter servant staff member moving emotional profound patriotic rousing inspiring india palace town street indian culture indian history indian independence movement british culture
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
6.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Richard Dix Lois Wilson Noah Beery Malcolm McGregor Nocki Shannon Day Charles Crockett Bert Woodruff Bernard Siegel Guy Oliver Joe Ryan
tribal leader government official schoolteacher agent soldier officer melodramatic disheartening rousing american west hillside camp indian reservation native americans tribal life racism interracial romance world war i corruption forbidden love
History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama, History
UK|USA
1969
118 Minutes
Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer Nigel Davenport Michael Craig Leonard Whiting James Donald
conquistador emperor incan leader priest warrior soldier thrilling melodramatic powerful spain ship peru palace south america francisco pizarro conquest incan empire ransom unlikely friendship religious conversion
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
6.7/10
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History
USA|UK
2005
149 Minutes
Colin Farrell Christian Bale Q'orianka Kilcher Jason Aaron Baca Greg Cooper Michael Greyeyes Jamie Harris Eddie Marsan Ben Mendelsohn Christopher Plummer Kalani Queypo
captain native american settler chief profound dreamy virginia england forest river colonialism native americans love triangle pocahontas love sacrifice transformation 17th century
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1951
97 Minutes
Arthur Kennedy Peggy Dow Julie Adams James Edwards Will Geer Minor Watson Jim Backus Joan Banks Nana Bryant Marjorie Crossland Richard Egan
military officer sergeant soldier young man fiancée african-american profound emotional battlefield north africa hospital american south philadelphia law office world war ii injury racism tolerance romance going home
After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
6.9/10
War, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
139 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Gugu Mbatha-Raw Mahershala Ali Keri Russell Brendan Gleeson Christopher Berry Sean Bridgers Jacob Lofland Kirk Bovill Manny Penton Thomas Francis Murphy
farmer medic confederate soldier slave fugitive rebel brooding emotional intense mississippi battlefield house plantation forest farm american civil war desertion slavery conscience rebellion
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
7.2/10
Drama
Canada
1994
84 Minutes
Ryan Black Adam Beach Jennifer Podemski Michael Greyeyes Lisa LaCroix Kevin Hicks Rose Marie Trudeau Selim Running Bear Sandoval Sandrine Holt Hugh Dillon
native american native american woman parolee best friend redneck murderer offbeat engaging indian reservation canada countryside bar native americans friendship relationships ambition vengeance revenge transformation 1990s
A story of life on a First Nations reserve in Ontario: Silas and Frank are trying to get into college to train to be mechanics but they find themselves having to deal with girls, family ...... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1950
90 Minutes
June Allyson Dick Powell Ricardo Montalban Lionel Barrymore Teresa Celli Barry Kelley Tom Powers Mimi Aguglia
boxer manager sports reporter sister mother mexican-american somber emotional melodramatic boxing ring house locker room mexican-americans boxing opposites attract bigotry failing career love triangle transformation love
Two boxing promoters compete to sign-up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury.
3.0/10
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Czech Republic|Canada
2014
107 Minutes
Petr Kubik Tom McKay Michelle Lukes Brian Caspe Jim High Christian Dunkley Clark Eirini Karamanoli Jana Triskova Oldrich Anton Vojta
son woman emperor emotional thrilling brutal rome power roman empire plot rivalry roman empire
Following the fall of the Roman Empire, a Roman woman plots to make her son the new Emperor and to fulfill the former glory of the city.
7.5/10
Drama, History
UK
1989
137 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Derek Jacobi Brian Blessed Ian Holm Paul Scofield Michael Maloney Alec McCowen Emma Thompson Geraldine McEwan Simon Shepherd James Larkin
king princess soldier henry v patriotic rousing emotional thrilling battlefield royal court royal palace inn england france war political intrigue royalty treason heroism leadership
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
7.9/10
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
lesbian gay man nurse woman bleak emotional moving sad san francisco aids homosexuality disease death epidemic sexually transmitted diseases transformation fall discovery 2010s
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
8.3/10
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
8.9/10
Drama, History
USA
1993
195 Minutes
Liam Neeson Ben Kingsley Ralph Fiennes Caroline Goodall Jonathan Sagall Embeth Davidtz Malgoscha Gebel Shmulik Levy Mark Ivanir Beatrice Macola
oskar schindler worker nazi businessperson brooding emotional krakow, poland auschwitz factory office world war ii nazism concentration camp horrors of war freedom transformation discovery rescue 1940s
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
6.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2014
149 Minutes
Timothy Spall Dorothy Atkinson Marion Bailey Paul Jesson Lesley Manville Martin Savage Joshua McGuire Ruth Sheen David Horovitch Karl Johnson Sandy Foster
painter eccentric homeowner emotional seaside academy united kingdom biography creative process transformation victorian era
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
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