Top 20 movies like Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
Top 20 Movies like Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
- 1. Just Me
- 2. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- 3. My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
- 4. Le Rêve de Lino
- 5. They Died with Their Boots On
- 6. Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
- 7. Alone
- 8. The Glenn Miller Story
- 9. L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères
- 10. Abu Raykhan Biruni
- 11. The Italian Alphabet
- 12. Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
- 13. Painted Fire
- 14. Prometey
- 15. You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story
- 16. One Day Before the Rainy Season
- 17. The Lincoln Cycle
- 18. The Young Victoria
- 19. Dreyfus
- 20. Reds
2. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
3. My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
4. Le Rêve de Lino (Le Rêve de Lino)
(Le Rêve de Lino)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. They Died with Their Boots On
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography (Le Dernier Prince rouge)
A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory dictator who seems to rule his nation with both disturbing benevolence and cold cruelty while being worshipped as a living god by his subjects in exalted displays of ridiculous fanaticism.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
7. Alone (Sama)
Alone is about the 91-year-old actress and writer Luba Skořepová, who used to be a member of Czech National Theatre group for almost 70 years. She still wants to work but for many people she is too old. So she tries to manage her last play from her small apartment by a cell phone. The film is about hope and about hopelessness of faded glory.
8. The Glenn Miller Story
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
9. L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères (L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères)
The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1226.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
10. Abu Raykhan Biruni (Абу Райхан Беруни)
A biographical film about one of the greatest Medieval scientists and scholars, Al-Biruni.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. The Italian Alphabet (Alfabeto italiano)
Seven students from different countries come to Rome to a school for foreigners. The diverse age group joins in the classroom. Everyone is very excited, talking to each other, socialising, and laughing and found in a very cheerful atmosphere. Then comes the teacher begins to ask questions about them, asking where they come from, what they do in life, and what reasons are for coming to Italy. Everyone answers the questions. When everyone talks about their experience, all the other laughing and joking, suddenly the phone of one of the students start ringing, and the teacher turns to him and asks the same questions. But, the cheerful atmosphere changes.
12. Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
Southern beauty Linda Lee Thomas was the driving force behind legendary songwriter Cole Porter. Though Porter was gay, their companionship and love lasted through 35 years of marriage. With innovative arrangements, Cole Porter's timeless songs weave through the narrative, celebrating their love while examining the darker sides of their glamorous lives.
13. Painted Fire (취화선)
In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
14. Prometey (Прометей)
The life was cruel with Ivas. The landlord sent him at war, and his girlfriend – in the house of ill fame. In the troops an ordinary peasant gets acquainted with an ideological revolutionary and becomes inspired with the feeling of inequity to the existing social structure. And when the time comes to return to the native village, he will make the sir pays by his blood for all wrong-doings against the peasants. A film based on works and biography of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko .
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
15. You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story (Du bist nicht allein - Die Roy Black Story)
German TV movie chronicling the life of singer and actor Roy Black.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
16. One Day Before the Rainy Season (अषाढ़ का एक दिन)
A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. The Lincoln Cycle
This remarkable series of 10 short silent dramas by John M. Stahl, produced by Benjamin Chapin as a vehicle for his performance as Abraham Lincoln, are structured entirely around memory and recollections of the past.
18. The Young Victoria
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.
It has an average vote of 7.189 on TMDB.
19. Dreyfus (Dreyfus)
In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is drummed out of the army and sent to prison on Devil's Island.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
20. Reds
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
It has an average vote of 6.882 on TMDB.