20 best movies like Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

List of the best movies like Charlie Wilson's War (2007): W., The Big Short, LBJ, Shock and Awe, The Laundromat, The Favourite, Game Change, The Wolf of Wall Street, A United Kingdom, A Tale of Love and Darkness.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA, Australia, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, China
Duration02:09

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. W takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush’s decision to invade Iraq.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

    A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
    Duration01:55

    England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change focuses on the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, when candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists. Directed by Jay Roach, who previously directed the HBO film Recount and the Austin Powers movies, Game Change premiered on HBO on March 10th, 2012.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

      A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:31

      The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military, biography, history
      CountryIsrael, USA

      The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA

      The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:28

      King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:31

        Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy

        Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

        Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
        CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration02:24

        In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
        Duration02:30

        Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, France, Chile, China, Germany, United Kingdom
        Duration01:55

        An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:43

        Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:13

        Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
        CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
        Duration02:11

          Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
          CountryGermany

          Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
          Duration01:58

          The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:18

          Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama, military, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:30

          A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
          CountryAustralia, USA
          Duration02:06

          A behind-the-scenes look at news anchor Dan Rather during his final days at C.B.S. News when he broadcast a damaging report about how President Bush relied on privilege and family connections to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
          Duration02:45

          Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Sweden
          Duration02:21

          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.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom, Japan
          Duration01:33

          The story of journalist, Edward R Murrow's stand against Senator McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:22

          Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:47

          King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:56

            On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
            CountryCanada, USA

            Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:07

            George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:53

            A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:25

            Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryChile, Spain, United Kingdom, France

            Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryGermany
            Duration02:21

            A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
            Duration02:01

            Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration03:03

            An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his presidency.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:52

            A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Japan
            Duration03:22

            A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryItaly, Soviet Union, USA
            Duration02:17

            The true story of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until the dictator's death. Told from Sanchin's view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero maintains unwavering faith in his "Master" despite the arrest of his neighbors and his involvement with their daughter, his wife's affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand. Written by Martin H. Booda

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, western, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:58

            The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration02:08

            "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryFrance, USA
            Duration01:50

            On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.




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