I watched Captain Phillips yesterday and fucking loved it, gripping drama and outstanding acting. Anyone got suggestions for similar things?

  • pwnicholson@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 days ago

    All gripping dramas based on historical events, all excellent:

    42 (2013)

    1917 (2019)

    Argo

    All The President’s Men

    Apollo 13

    Bridge of Spies

    Dunkirk

    The Imitation Game

    Saving Private Ryan

    Schindler’s List

    Honorable mention sleeper movies you might not have heard of that are gripping dramas but not historically based:

    The Foreigner (2017)

    JCVD (2008)

    Notorious (1946)

    The Third Man (1949)

    • LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      I watched Dunkirk in the cinema prepared with tissues for a Saving Private Ryan snotfest. Around 1/3 through I started sobbing cos of the sheer tension. Amazing film.

      That’s a really good list, and happily imitation game is on prime! Gonna watch that next thanks