Films like Red Joan (2018)

Red Joan (2018) is history, thriller. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  Pressure (2026)

  Also history and thriller. 7.7/10

  In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch…

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  The Imitation Game (2014)

  Also history and thriller. 8.0/10

  Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at…

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  United 93 (2006)

  Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

  A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

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  The Untouchables (1987)

  Also history and thriller. 7.8/10

  Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

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  The Impossible (2012)

  Also history and thriller. 7.4/10

  In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an…

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  World Trade Center (2006)

  Also history and thriller. 6.1/10

  Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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  Patriots Day (2016)

  Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

  In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt…

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  The Last Duel (2021)

  Also history and thriller. 7.4/10

  King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

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  Original Sin (2001)

  Also history and thriller. 6.1/10

  A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

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  Munich (2005)

  Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

  During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the…

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  The Courier (2020)

  Also history and thriller. 7.0/10

  Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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  In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

  Also history and thriller. 6.8/10

  In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

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  Prisoner of War (2025)

  Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

  British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they…

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  Tetris (2023)

  Also history and thriller. 7.8/10

  In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and…

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  JFK (1991)

  Also history and thriller. 7.6/10

  Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

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  Snowden (2016)

  Also history and thriller. 7.1/10

  CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

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  The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

  Also history and thriller. 6.9/10

  Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great…

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  Thirteen Lives (2022)

  Also history and thriller. 7.8/10

  Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps…

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  September 5 (2024)

  Also history and thriller. 7.0/10

  During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

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  The Good Shepherd (2006)

  Also history and thriller. 6.4/10

  Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and…

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  Hotel Mumbai (2019)

  Also history and thriller. 7.5/10

  Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk…

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  The Finest Hours (2016)

  Also history and thriller. 6.6/10

  The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

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  Breach (2007)

  Also history and thriller. 6.6/10

  Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment…

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  12.12: The Day (2023)

  Also history and thriller. 7.6/10

  After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers…