Films like The Impossible (2012)

The Impossible (2012) is drama, 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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  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…

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  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.

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  World Trade Center (2006)

  Also drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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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  Tetris (2023)

  Also drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 7.1/10

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

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  Thirteen Lives (2022)

  Also drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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 drama and history. 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…

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  All the Money in the World (2017)

  Also drama and history. 6.5/10

  The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the…

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  Official Secrets (2019)

  Also drama and history. 7.2/10

  The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation…

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  Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014)

  Also drama and history. 7.7/10

  Set in the backdrop of the picturesque Munnar, it tells the story of Iyob, a slave-turned-master.

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  Chappaquiddick (2018)

  Also drama and history. 6.1/10

  Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

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  No Man of God (2021)

  Also drama and history. 6.6/10

  The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.