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Movies like Na dvoře vévodském (1979)

The best movies like Na dvoře vévodském (1979) are Victoria & Abdul (2017), A Call to Spy (2020) and Radium Girls (2020). If Na dvoře vévodském hooked you with its history, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Victoria & Abdul (2017)

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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  2. A Call to Spy (2020)

    The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  3. 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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  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 history

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  5. Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

    On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  6. A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

    Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

    Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  10. Kidnapped (1971)

    Scottish orphan David Balfour is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer, who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that he cannot claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by Alan Breck, a Scottish rebel fighting on behalf of his country's independence from the British.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  11. Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

    The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  12. Marketa Lazarová (1967)

    Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  13. The Valley of the Bees (1968)

    Cast out by his father, young Ondrej joins the Order of the Teutonic Knights, where he is raised by strict monk Armin. After years of hardship, Ondrej escapes from the Order when he is wrongly punished, and sets out for his former home. Arriving to discover his father to be dead, Ondrej now not only assumes control of his father's properties, but seeks to marry his former stepmother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  14. Harvest (2025)

    Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  15. Barry Lyndon (1975)

    An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  16. 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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  17. Me and Orson Welles (2008)

    New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  18. Young Washington (2026)

    Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  19. 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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  20. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history

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  21. Amadeus (1984)

    Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  22. Benedetta (2021)

    A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  23. St. Louis (2019)

    Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last hope of salvation for more than nine hundred German Jews who, desperate to escape the atrocious persecution to which they are subjected by the Nazi regime, intend to emigrate to Cuba.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

  24. Downfall (2004)

    In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  25. The Killing Fields (1984)

    New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  26. The Tin Drum (1979)

    In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  27. Ben-Hur (1959)

    In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  28. Finding Forrester (2000)

    Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  29. Das Boot (1981)

    A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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  30. Schindler's List (1993)

    The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history

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What are the best movies like Na dvoře vévodském?

The closest matches to Na dvoře vévodském are Victoria & Abdul (2017), A Call to Spy (2020) and Radium Girls (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Na dvoře vévodském?

Start with Victoria & Abdul (2017), the closest match to Na dvoře vévodském.

What is the highest-rated movie like Na dvoře vévodském?

Schindler's List (1993), rated 8.6/10 by 18,179 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Na dvoře vévodském?

Young Washington (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

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