Movies Like Harriet

The Help is a 2011 period drama film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel. The story revolves around the lives of Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, two...

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup....

Lincoln is a 2012 American biographical historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln....

Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film depicting the struggles and heroism of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the...

The Color Purple is an American musical coming-of-age period drama film that showcases the extraordinary sisterhood of three women and their...

Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film directed by Quentin Tarantino, featuring Jamie Foxx as a freed slave on a mission to...

Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film that depicts the events of 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad and the subsequent legal...

Free State of Jones is a captivating historical war film that delves into the inspiring true story of Newton Knight and his rebellion against the...

The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler) is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels, inspired by the...

Amazing Grace is a 2006 biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, focusing on the abolitionist campaign against the slave trade in the...

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film depicting the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others.

Beloved is a 1998 American gothic psychological horror drama film based on Toni Morrison's novel. It follows Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman haunted...

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington. It is based on the true story of debate coach Melvin B....