Top 10 awesome movies like Spotlight that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching Spotlight and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Tom McCarthy, Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton . Here goes the list -

The Hurt Locker

The Revenant

The Conspirator

Mississippi Burning

Apollo 13

The Last Samurai

Pearl Harbor

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Texas Killing Fields

Amistad

The Hurt Locker
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
This movie, created by Kathryn Bigelow, Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie, scores 7.6 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | History | Drama

You can watch this on Directv, Fubotv and Tubi Tv.
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The Revenant
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
This movie, created by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, scores 8.0 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Adventure | Drama

You can watch this on Directv.
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The Conspirator
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
This movie, created by Robert Redford, James McAvoy and Robin Wright, scores 6.9 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | History | Drama

You can watch this on Directv.
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Mississippi Burning
Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
This movie, created by Alan Parker, Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, scores 7.8 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | History | Drama

You can watch this on Directv.
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Apollo 13
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
This movie, created by Ron Howard, Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton, scores 7.6 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Adventure | Drama
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The Last Samurai
An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.
This movie, created by Edward Zwick, Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise, scores 7.7 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | History | Drama
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Pearl Harbor
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
This movie, created by Michael Bay, Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, scores 6.2 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | History | Drama
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Escobar: Paradise Lost
In Colombia, a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams - and then meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.
This movie, created by Andrea Di Stefano, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Hutcherson, scores 6.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | History | Drama

You can watch this on Youtube, Redbox, Directv, Fandangonow, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Vudu and Google Play Movies.
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Texas Killing Fields
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
This movie, created by Ami Canaan Mann, Sam Worthington and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, scores 5.7 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | History | Drama

You can watch this on Hoopla and Tubi Tv.
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Amistad
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
This movie, created by Steven Spielberg, Morgan Freeman and Nigel Hawthorne, scores 7.3 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Drama
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