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10 Best Movies Like A Sense of History

If you loved A Sense of History, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Arrival

Arrival

2016★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat....

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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....

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#5
Parasite

Parasite

2019★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident....

#6
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Sense of History for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 ...