20 movies like The Citadel, ordered by similarity : China Clipper(1936), Salt of the Earth(1954), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939), Spitfire(1934), The Story of Qiu Ju(1992), Side Effects(2013), Seabiscuit(2003), The Proud Valley(1940), The Secret of Dr. Kildare(1939), The Ballad of Narayama(1983), Of Mice and Men(1939), Atlantic City(1980) ...
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1938
112 Minutes
Robert Donat Rosalind Russell Rex Harrison Ralph Richardson Emlyn Williams Penelope Dudley Ward Francis L. Sullivan Mary Clare Cecil Parker Nora Swinburne Edward Chapman
doctor wife miner gutsy engaging inspiring moving wales london mining town hypocrisy tuberculosis medicine aspirations wretched excess underdog 1930s
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Ross Alexander Beverly Roberts Humphrey Bogart Marie Wilson Henry B. Walthall Joseph Crehan Joe King Addison Richards Ruth Robinson Wayne Morris
engineer entrepreneur business partner aviator wife father gripping thrilling inspiring washington, d.c. new york city airplane honolulu cuba father/son relationship husband/wife relationship business aviation aspirations work vs. family
Dave Logan takes his regional Pan American airline and with vision and sometimes ruthless determination establishes pan-American and trans-Pacific routes.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Rosaura Revueltas Juan Chacon Will Geer Adolfo Barela David Wolfe Mervin Williams David Sarvis Henrietta Williams Ernest Velasquez Angela Sanchez
miner wife husband inspiring moving uplifting new mexico discrimination activism feminism underdog sacrifice rivalry 1950s
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
5.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Robert Young Ralph Bellamy Martha Sleeper Sara Haden Sidney Toler
poor woman neighbor engineer partner father wife emotional bleak moving passionate ozark mountains farm river house wilderness town poverty city vs. country modernization dams
Mountain girl Trigger Hicks, a fierce loner equally handy with a rock or a prayer, is in danger of having her faith-healing mistaken for witchcraft by the neighbors. She shows a vulnerable ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Drama
China|Hong Kong
1992
100 Minutes
Gong Li Lei Laosheng Liu Peiqi Yang Liuchun Zhu Qanqing Cui Luowen Yang Huiqin Wang Jianfa Lin Zi
peasant pregnant woman villager husband wife bureaucrat moving powerful gutsy spirited china countryside big city city vs. country injustice corruption husband/wife relationship quest underdog sacrifice
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Jude Law Rooney Mara Channing Tatum Catherine Zeta-Jones Vinessa Shaw Ann Dowd Mamie Gummer David Costabile Michelle Vergara Moore Vladimir Versailles Mitchell Michaliszyn
wife husband psychiatrist murder victim thrilling suspenseful apartment doctor's office new york city depression medicine murder husband/wife relationship mystery wretched excess 2010s
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
2003
140 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Jeff Bridges Chris Cooper Elizabeth Banks Gary Stevens William H. Macy Kingston DuCoeur Eddie Jones Ed Lauter Michael O'Neill Michael Angarano
horse owner jockey horse horse trainer wife child uplifting engaging emotional inspiring california mexico racetrack great depression horse racing unlikely hero death of a child rise rivalry transformation
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
6.7/10
Drama
UK
1940
77 Minutes
Paul Robeson Edward Chapman Simon Lack Rachel Thomas Edward Rigby Clifford Evans Allan Jeayes George Merritt Edward Lexy Noel Howlett
african-american miner singer choir director charming endearing heartwarming patriotic wales mine working class class struggle mining race relations choir sacrifice underdog 1940s
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
7.9/10
Drama
Japan
1983
130 Minutes
Sumiko Sakamoto Ken Ogata Aki Takejô
grandmother son elderly woman wife shocking chilling moving valley mountain village japan aging death marriage rape ritual sacrifice wretched excess quest 19th century
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
7.3/10
Drama
France|Canada
1980
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Susan Sarandon Kate Reid Michel Piccoli Hollis McLaren Robert Joy Al Waxman Robert Goulet Moses Znaimer Angus MacInnes Sean Sullivan
pretty woman mobster husband drug dealer criminal engaging spirited new jersey waterfront atlantic city, n.j. aspirations gambling drug trafficking crime romance aging quest underdog 1970s
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama
UK
2005
120 Minutes
Roy Dupuis Patrice Robitaille Michel Barrette Pascal Dupuis Benoît Girard Rémy Girard Tedd Dillon
hockey player teammate coach commissioner wife president brooding gutsy uplifting moving arena montreal boston hockey discrimination violence culture clash maurice richard riots underdog
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
6.8/10
Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia|USA
1995
94 Minutes
James Cromwell Magda Szubanski Mary Acres David Webb Marshall Napier John Doyle Paul Goddard
farmer wife animal pig dog uplifting endearing inspiring positive farm countryside fair animals social change grief growing up transformation underdog 1990s
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Germany|USA
2016
118 Minutes
Adam Driver Golshifteh Farahani Barry Shabaka Henley Cliff "Method Man" Smith Chasten Harmon William Jackson Harper Masatoshi Nagase Sterling Jerins Rizwan Manji
bus driver passenger dog bartender wife writer calm emotional heartwarming inspiring profound new jersey bus bar house small-town life writing working class work-life balance discovery
A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
7.6/10
Drama, History
Soviet Union
1938
111 Minutes
Dmitri Vasilyev Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Okhlopkov D. Orlov Andrei Abrikosov Anna Danilova Vera Ivasheva Sergei Blinnikov Lev Fenin Ivan Lagutin Vladimir Yershov
warrior knight prince engaging gutsy inspiring battlefield russia patriotism war love rivalry underdog quest 13th century
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1961
128 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeil Ruby Dee Diana Sands Ivan Dixon John Fiedler Louis Gossett Jr. Stephen Perry Joel Fluellen Roy E. Glenn Sr. Ray Stubbs
son mother wife widow sister suitor emotional moving chicago apartment american dream aspirations family racism social change money love discovery underdog 1950s
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Steve McQueen Robert Preston Ida Lupino Ben Johnson Joe Don Baker Barbara Leigh Mary Murphy Bill McKinney Sandra Deel Don "Red" Barry Dub Taylor
rodeo rider father brother mother spirited engaging arizona rodeo small town aging family dysfunction competition rodeo aspirations father/son relationship sports rivalry underdog 1970s
Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
8.1/10
Biography, Drama
USA|UK
1980
125 Minutes
John Hurt Anthony Hopkins Anne Bancroft John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Freddie Jones Michael Elphick Hannah Gordon Helen Ryan John Standing Dexter Fletcher
man doctor wife actress inspiring profound uplifting london john merrick class distinctions discrimination disfigurement transformation discovery 1880s
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Zachary Scott Betty Field Beulah Bondi J. Carrol Naish Norman Lloyd Jay Gilpin Estelle Taylor Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka
farmer wife grandmother emotional spirited moving texas farm farming aspirations poverty family quest love sacrifice underdog 1940s
The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.
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