Films like The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) is drama, history. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Oppenheimer (2023)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Schindler's List (1993)

Also drama and history. 8.6/10

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.
Barreda (2026)

Also drama and history. 7.2/10

A fictionalized drama film based on one of the most shocking crimes in Argentina's history. In 1992, Ricardo Barreda was an unassuming dentist, brutally murdered his wife…
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Also drama and history. 6.7/10

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Also drama and history. 8.2/10

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to…
Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Also drama and history. 8.2/10

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…
The Imitation Game (2014)

Also drama and history. 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…
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Also drama and history. 7.4/10

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Utøya: July 22 (2018)

Also drama and history. 7.1/10

A teenage girl fights for survival and to locate her young sister during the 2011 terrorist attack at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Also drama and history. 7.1/10

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Green Book (2018)

Also drama and history. 8.2/10

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and…
Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to…
Ferrari (2023)

Also drama and history. 6.4/10

Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their…
I Swear (2025)

Also drama and history. 8.3/10

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of…
Braveheart (1995)

Also drama and history. 7.9/10

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village…
Hidden Figures (2016)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest…
1917 (2019)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
Apocalypto (2006)

Also drama and history. 7.7/10

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and…
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

Also drama and history. 7.8/10

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…
Nuremberg (2025)

Also drama and history. 7.6/10

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and…
David (2025)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young…
Young Washington (2026)

Also drama and history. 7.9/10

Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

Also drama and history. 7.3/10

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
United 93 (2006)

Also drama and history. 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.