20 movies like The Power and the Glory, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Anything for Her(2008), The Valley(2017), After the Storm(2016), Another Year(2010), Life Is a Miracle(2004), Five Days Without Nora(2008), Middle of Nowhere(2012), The Here After(2015), Kai Po Che!(2013), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit(1956), The Upside(2017) ...
Drama
USA
1933
76 Minutes
friend railroad tycoon secretary wife divorcée son dark emotional funeral chicago mountain california office household railroad strike suicide male bonding family dysfunction marriage
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his ... See full summary »
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
95 Minutes
Alyy Khan Suchitra Pillai-Malik Agneeta Thacker Christa B. Allen Barry Corbin David S. Lee Samina Peerzada Salma Khan Hope Lauren Michelle Monge Emielyn Das
entrepreneur wife daughter suicide solemn uneasy tense emotional silicon valley house party office building theater office family success suicide marriage technology wretched excess
Devastated by his daughter's suicide, an Indian-American entrepreneur working in high-tech seeks answers to his lingering questions.
Drama
Japan
2016
117 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe Yôko Maki Kirin Kiki Taiyô Yoshizawa
private detective family estranged father son mother mourner brooding charming emotional inspiring moving rousing japan town detective agency home family relationships second chance determination
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
Comedy, Drama, War
Serbia|France|Italy
2004
154 Minutes
Slavko Stimac Natasa Solak Vesna Trivalic Vuk Kostic Aleksandar Bercek Stribor Kusturica Nikola Kojo Mirjana Karanovic Davor Janjic Adnan Omerovic Obrad Durovic
engineer wife son soldier nurse lover madcap dark charming chilling bosnia serbia railroad tracks battlefield house war star-crossed lovers railroad prison life love
What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..
Comedy, Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Fernando Ciangherotti Silvia Mariscal Enrique Arreola Ari Brickman Juan Carlos Colombo Marina de Tavira Juan Pablo Medina Max Kerlow Verónica Langer Angelina Peláez Martin LaSalle
widower ex-wife rabbi old man doctor son dark amusing offbeat mexico city family home apartment kitchen suicide funeral judaism will and testament family love fall
A woman's suicide just before Passover creates many complications for her ex-husband (Fernando Luján) and their family.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Drama
UK
2015
102 Minutes
Sven Ahlström Mats Blomgren Stefan Cronwall Loa Ek Felix Göransson Oliver Heilmann Wieslaw Komasa Ellen Mattsson Ulrik Munther Inger Nilsson
father brother teenager prisoner family community member friend ex-girlfriend dead person emotional sad engaging sweden prison society rejection lynching abandonment outcasts rise
The classic radio show (which also inspired a novel, a TV special, and a film) is performed in front of a live audience.
Drama
India
2013
126 Minutes
young man friend childhood friend neighbor girlfriend sister emotional gripping engaging heartwarming intense powerful india city house cricket match violence friendship chasing dreams community
Three friends growing up in India at the turn of the millennium set out to open a training academy to produce the country's next cricket stars.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Comedy, Drama
2017
126 Minutes
Kevin Hart Bryan Cranston Nicole Kidman Aja Naomi King Jahi Di'Allo Winston Genevieve Angelson Golshifteh Farahani Tate Donovan Julianna Margulies Suzanne Savoy
wealthy man disabled person parolee ex-wife son assistant amusing hilarious emotional tense inspiring incredible penthouse new york city hospital restaurant party unlikely friendship disability caregiving
A wealthy quadriplegic hires a struggling parolee to be his caretaker in his upscale New York penthouse. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom as both men rediscover the joy of living life to the fullest.
Drama
China|Japan
1990
98 Minutes
Gong Li Baotian Li Wei Li Zhang Yi Zhen Ji-an
husband wife nephew illegitimate son lover dark tense moving china household funeral infidelity family dysfunction abusive marriage deception pregnancy forbidden love temptation revenge 1920s
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Adventure, Drama
Germany
2000
106 Minutes
Ken Duken Regula Grauwiller Gregor Torzs Max Herbrechter Frank Giering Erhan Emre Alexander Hörbe Antje Westermann Gerhard Garbers Monika Hackermann Rainer Werner
mountain climber doctor friend adventurer disabled person man intense touching inspiring sad emotional positive mountain hospital village accident mountain climbing paralysis living with disability depression
Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
83 Minutes
Paul Henreid Joan Bennett Eduard Franz Leslie Brooks John Qualen Mabel Paige Herbert Rudley Charles Arnt George Chandler Sid Tomack Alvin Hammer
gangster henchman rival secretary brother girlfriend dark intense prison gambling house los angeles office doctor's office parking garage one last job gangsters love impersonation brotherhood disillusionment
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity - with unfortunate results.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Drama
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Joan Crawford Louis Jourdan Hope Lange Suzy Parker Stephen Boyd Diane Baker
secretary editor director boyfriend melodramatic rousing spirited disheartening new york city office love ambition heartbreak friendship corporate office life love fall sacrifice rise 1950s
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
Drama
Italy|France
1964
116 Minutes
Monica Vitti Richard Harris Carlo Chionetti Xenia Valderi Rita Renoir Aldo Grotti Valerio Bartoleschi Giuliano Missirini Lili Rheims Emanuela Mino Carboni
wife husband old friend businessman son maid bleak profound emotional striking italy beach factory apartment shack town mental illness isolation nervous breakdown infidelity
In an industrial area, Giuliana, an unstable woman, attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.