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10 Best Movies Like Wilmington on Fire

If you loved Wilmington on Fire, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rosewood

Rosewood

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923....

#2
Detroit

Detroit

2017★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States....

#3
Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader....

#4
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe tho...

#5
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Si...

#6
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

1997★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilmington on Fire for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--an...

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