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Movies like Little Five

The best movies like Little Five are Munich - The Edge of War (2021), Radium Girls (2020) and Panther (1995). If Little Five hooked you with its history, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

    At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  2. Radium Girls (2020)

    Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  3. Panther (1995)

    In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  4. We Are Marshall (2006)

    When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  5. Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2012)

    Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  6. 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 history

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  7. 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

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  8. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

    A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  9. Désirée (1954)

    In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  10. Medieval (2022)

    The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  11. The Current War (2018)

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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  12. Mayerling (1968)

    Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  13. Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  14. The Invisible Woman (2013)

    In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

  15. Eight Men Out (1988)

    Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  16. Radioactive (2020)

    The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  17. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

    In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar. However, he flirts with the mysterious Concha Perez and they schedule to meet each other later. When Antonio meets Pasqualito, his old friend discloses his frustrated relationship with the promiscuous Concha and her greedy mother and how his life was ruined by his obsession for the beautiful demimondaine. Pasqualito makes Antonio promise that he would not see Concha. However, when Antonio meets Concha, she seduces him and the long friendship between Antonio and Pasqualito is disrupted

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  18. The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

    Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  19. True Spirit (2023)

    When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect her to fail. With the support of her sailing coach and mentor Ben Bryant and her parents, Jessica is determined to accomplish what was thought to be impossible, navigating some of the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean over the course of 210 days.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  20. The Lost King (2022)

    An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Little Five?

The closest matches to Little Five are Munich - The Edge of War (2021), Radium Girls (2020) and Panther (1995). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Little Five?

Start with Munich - The Edge of War (2021), the closest match to Little Five.

What is the highest-rated movie like Little Five?

True Spirit (2023), rated 7.0/10 by 277 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Little Five?

True Spirit (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Little Five?

Yes: Munich - The Edge of War (2021), Radium Girls (2020) and Panther (1995).

How are movies similar to Little Five chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Little Five, 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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