20 best movies like Shattered Glass (2003)

List of the best movies like Shattered Glass (2003): Game Change, Steve Jobs, Mr. Turner, The Front Runner, Quiz Show, Big Eyes, Moneyball, Frost/Nixon, Hitchcock, Becket.

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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: 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: 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: 6.1
    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: 7.5
    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
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:46

      The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

        The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration01:57

        For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:38

          Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

          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: 5.2
          Genredrama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genredrama, musical, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:15

          The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
          CountryCanada
          Duration03:00

          Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During her youth she often witnesses the horrors of war, but her spirit is kept high by the legend of the Maiden of Lorraine. This says that a young maiden one day will unite the divided country and lead the people to freedom.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:30

          This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, military, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:10

          The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:00

          The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

          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: 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
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
          CountryLuxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
          Duration04:03

          Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on to the throne and seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison). When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony (Richard Burton), who vows to take power -- but Caesar's successor (Roddy McDowall) has other plans.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:34

          A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genredrama, music, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

            In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

            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: 8.1
            Genredocumentary, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            Using archival footage, United States Cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, THE FOG OF WAR depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the American Vietnam War, as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Morocco
            Duration03:10

            A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Russia, United Kingdom
            Duration02:30

            Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genredrama, military, history
            CountryUSA

            Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

            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: 6.3
            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: 7.2
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            This film is the semi-humorous documentary about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corporation.

            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: 6.6
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUkraine

            The Secret Diary of Simon Petliura takes an unprecedented look at the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic, which declared an independent Ukraine in 1918, and the later assassination of the UNR's chairman, Symon Petliura in Paris in 1926, orchestrated by the Kremlin at the start of the Soviet occupation of Ukraine.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genredrama, crime, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:54

            A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genreaction, drama, biography
            CountryUSA, China, Canada

            Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:50

            In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryChile, Colombia, Spain, USA
            Duration02:42

            Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration02:05

            Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryItaly, Germany, Poland
            Duration03:10

            Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as a young and middle-aged man come from his Confessions, which is probably the earliest extant autobiography.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryVenezuela, Spain
            Duration01:58

            Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of Bolívar, portrayed by Ramírez, about his quests and epic military campaigns, which covered twice the territory Alexander the Great conquered, and his vision to unify South America.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, France, Japan
            Duration02:03

            The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama, western, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:37

            The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:18

            Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel directed by Carol Reed. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) him to paint the famed chapel.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, China, Canada
            Duration01:55

            Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Hungary
            Duration02:15

            Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:30

            This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:27

            The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany

            The story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Based on real events.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryBrazil

            The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.




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