20 movies like Courageous Mr. Penn, ordered by similarity : Beautiful Boy(2018), Breathe(2017), Man of a Thousand Faces(1957), The Lost City of Z(2016), Million Dollar Mermaid(1952), Finding Neverland(2004), The Iron Lady(2011), The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017), Thank You for Your Service(2017), Isadora(1968), The Hoodlum Priest(1961), Jolson Sings Again(1949) ...
Biography
UK
1941
79 Minutes
Clifford Evans Deborah Kerr Dennis Arundell Aubrey Mallalieu D.J. Williams O.B. Clarence James Harcourt Charles Carson Henry Oscar Max Adrian John Stuart
king charles ii admiral quaker wife military officer explorer somber spirited powerful london royal court pennsylvania countryside england united states william penn religious persecution colonization father/son relationship religious conversion
William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Claire Foy Tom Hollander Stephen Mangan Hugh Bonneville Dean-Charles Chapman Amit Shah Ben Lloyd-Hughes Emily Bevan Camilla Rutherford Diana Rigg
paraplegic wife brother inventor patient doctor emotional powerful heartwarming moving positive uplifting hospital countryside england kenya airplane tennis court survival paralysis
The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Biography
USA
1957
122 Minutes
James Cagney Dorothy Malone Jane Greer Marjorie Rambeau Jim Backus Robert Evans Celia Lovsky Jeanne Cagney Jack Albertson Roger Smith Robert Lyden
actor wife son movie star father mother emotional powerful stage hollywood, calif. family home backstage san francisco show business marriage child custody mental illness lon chaney love transformation
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2016
141 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Robert Pattinson Sienna Miller Tom Holland Edward Ashley Angus Macfadyen Ian McDiarmid Clive Francis Pedro Coello Matthew Sunderland Johann Myers
explorer scientist wife son aide dreamy incredible powerful thrilling amazon brazil jungle rain forest lost tribe lost world ancient civilization missing persons adventure discovery mystery
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Biography
USA
1952
115 Minutes
Esther Williams Victor Mature Walter Pidgeon David Brian Donna Corcoran Jesse White Maria Tallchief Howard Freeman Charles Watts Wilton Graff Frank Ferguson
dancer swimmer annette kellerman father charming gutsy inspiring spirited london australia united states synchronized swimming love triangle moving sexism prejudice sports underdog transformation growing up
Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
Kids & Family, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2004
106 Minutes
Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Julie Christie Radha Mitchell Dustin Hoffman Kelly Macdonald Ian Hart Paul Whitehouse Freddie Highmore Joe Prospero Nick Roud
author mother son wife arthur conan doyle orphan charming emotional endearing london theater england friendship childhood parenthood grief marriage discovery transformation growing up
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France
2011
105 Minutes
Meryl Streep Jim Broadbent Alexandra Roach Harry Lloyd Olivia Colman Iain Glen Victoria Bewick Nicholas Farrell John Sessions Anthony Head David Westhead
prime minister husband father deputy politician grocer intricate fascinating powerful london grantham, england house of parliament westminster, london margaret thatcher gender bias politics discrimination conservatism rise transformation
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Other, Biography, Drama, History
Ireland|Canada
2017
104 Minutes
Dan Stevens Christopher Plummer Jonathan Pryce Justin Edwards Morfydd Clark Donald Sumpter Miles Jupp Simon Callow Miriam Margolyes Ian McNeice Bill Paterson
charles dickens author ebenezer scrooge tiny tim wife publisher heartwarming positive emotional amusing charming creative london apartment office carriage study storytelling christmas marriage
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
War, Biography, Drama
USA|India
2017
108 Minutes
Miles Teller Haley Bennett Joe Cole Amy Schumer Beulah Koale Scott Haze Keisha Castle-Hughes Brad Beyer Omar J. Dorsey Jayson Warner Smith Sean Bridgers
soldier commander wife daughter son bomber emotional chilling moving solemn tense raw iraq truck united states house bar veteran's hospital iraq war post-traumatic stress disorder
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Biography
UK|France
1968
153 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave James Fox Jason Robards Ivan Tchenko John Fraser Bessie Love Cynthia Harris Vladimir Leskovar Tony Vogel
dancer heir lover poet son daughter emotional spirited sultry london england stage france nice, france modern dance performance fame romance rebellion isadora duncan
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Biography
USA
1961
101 Minutes
Don Murray Larry Gates Keir Dullea Logan Ramsey Cindi Wood Don Joslyn Sam Capuano Vince O'Brien Al Mack Lou Martini
priest ex-convict reporter gritty somber powerful st. louis slum prison halfway house justice rehabilitation death row crime religion transformation underdog quest rescue 1960s
Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
Biography
USA
1949
96 Minutes
entertainer wife agent producer nurse cheery melodramatic spirited household nightclub racetrack alaska hospital california al jolson show business marriage father/son relationship mother/daughter relationship obsession
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
USA
1962
106 Minutes
Anne Bancroft Patty Duke Victor Jory Inga Swenson Andrew Prine Kathleen Comegys Beah Richards Jack Hollander
young girl teacher mother father inspiring emotional incredible uplifting powerful alabama family home blindness deafness daunting task teaching rescue transformation quest 1880s
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography
UK
1987
108 Minutes
Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Vanessa Redgrave Wallace Shawn Julie Walters James Grant Frances Barber Lindsay Duncan Janet Dale Dave Atkins
playwright lover agent psychiatrist joe orton dark intense england london brighton, england sussex, england bathhouse love homosexuality obsession jealousy writing forbidden love fall 1960s
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
107 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Margot Robbie Kelly Macdonald Alex Lawther Will Tilston Stephen Campbell Moore Vicki Pepperdine Richard McCabe Geraldine Somerville Phoebe Waller-Bridge
christopher robin writer piglet father son winnie the pooh cheery charming creative endearing heartwarming playful london english countryside woods postwar britain children's book parent/child relationship writing success
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2013
103 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Tom Wilkinson Sam Reid Sarah Gadon Miranda Richardson Penelope Wilton Emily Watson Tom Felton James Norton Matthew Goode
mixed-race woman admiral vicar abolitionist emotional powerful endearing west indies painting england race relations illegitimate child family relationships love transformation 18th century
The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in eighteenth century England.
War, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kristin Scott Thomas Ben Mendelsohn Lily James Ronald Pickup Stephen Dillane Nicholas Jones Samuel West Richard Lumsden Charley Palmer Rothwell Hannah Steele
winston churchill nazi king soldier politician adolf hitler brooding rousing passionate striking tense spirited london great britain war zone nazi germany government building house of parliament world war ii nazi occupation
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Biography
1975
115 Minutes
Robert Powell Georgina Hale Richard Morant Lee Montague Rosalie Crutchley Benny Lee Miriam Karlin Angela Down David Collings Ronald Pickup Antonia Ellis
composer wife schizophrenic father student brooding creative offbeat train vienna opera house insane asylum gustav mahler father/son relationship anti-semitism failed marriage sacrifice quest 1870s
Composer Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) flashes back on his tortured life during his final train trip to Vienna.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
Australia|USA
2018
115 Minutes
Lucas Hedges Nicole Kidman Joel Edgerton Russell Crowe Flea Joe Alwyn Xavier Dolan Troye Sivan Britton Sear Jesse LaTourette David Ditmore
gay man young man father mother therapist preacher emotional powerful somber uplifting house high school church office homosexuality homophobia family love religion self-discovery
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.