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Movies like The Last Pharaoh

The best movies like The Last Pharaoh are Mr. Turner (2014), Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022) and Mary (2024). If The Last Pharaoh hooked you with its history and drama, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Mr. Turner (2014)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  2. Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

    At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  3. Mary (2024)

    A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  4. Firebrand (2024)

    Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  5. Dalíland (2022)

    In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

  6. All Eyez on Me (2017)

    All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  7. A Month in the Country (1987)

    A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  8. The Egyptian (1954)

    In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  9. Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)

    The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  10. The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

    Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  11. Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

    A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  12. Worth (2021)

    Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  13. Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015)

    A defiant warrior-monk arrives at Kublai Khan's court in chains and soon earns his tragic nickname in this 30-minute origin story.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & drama

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  14. Destiny (1997)

    In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  15. The Last Rifleman (2023)

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  16. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

    An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  17. Julia (1977)

    At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  18. Richard Jewell (2019)

    Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & history

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  19. The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)

    The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Kings of the Sun (1963)

    In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Last Pharaoh?

The closest matches to The Last Pharaoh are Mr. Turner (2014), Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022) and Mary (2024). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Last Pharaoh?

Start with Mr. Turner (2014), the closest match to The Last Pharaoh.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Last Pharaoh?

Richard Jewell (2019), rated 7.4/10 by 2,841 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Last Pharaoh?

Mary (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to The Last Pharaoh chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Last Pharaoh, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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