20 movies like Albert Schweitzer, ordered by similarity : Breathe(2017), Madame Curie(1943), 42(2013), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story(1993), Temple Grandin(2010), Unbroken: Path to Redemption(2018), My Left Foot(1989), The Elephant Man(1980), The Gospel According to St. Matthew(1964), First Man(2018), The Wolfpack(2015), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures(2001) ...
Biography
USA|France
1957
80 Minutes
doctor wife grandchild neighbor patient fascinating inspiring positive france germany africa medical school paris berlin albert schweitzer ethics philosophy religion family discovery
This biographical drama/documentary narrative written by Dr. Albert Schweitzer and spoken by Fredric March, traces the life of Dr. Schweitzer (with actors playing the characters), from his ... See full summary »
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
1943
124 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Henry Travers Albert Basserman Robert Walker C. Aubrey Smith
marie curie pierre curie scientist professor husband wife fascinating inspiring moving paris university laboratory scientific experiments marriage honor research partnership discovery love rise
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2013
128 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Harrison Ford Nicole Beharie Christopher Meloni Ryan Merriman Lucas Black Andre Holland Alan Tudyk Hamish Linklater T.R. Knight John C. McGinley
baseball catcher baseball manager critic baseball fan family member baseball player touching uplifting positive tense gripping inspiring brooklyn, n.y. baseball field stadium office bus locker room jackie robinson historical events
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Biography, Drama
USA
1993
121 Minutes
Jason Scott Lee Lauren Holly Robert Wagner Michael Learned Nancy Kwan Kay Tong Lim Sterling Macer Ric Young Sven-Ole Thorsen
wife father bruce lee martial artist fascinating heartwarming spirited hong kong seattle television fame family acting love growing up quest rise 1950s
A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
Drama, Biography
2010
110 Minutes
Claire Danes Catherine O'Hara Julia Ormond David Strathairn Stephanie Faracy Barry Tubb Melissa Farman Michael Crabtree
scientist farmer autistic person mother aunt professor inspiring uplifting emotional powerful colorado campus ranch slaughterhouse arizona family home temple grandin autism animal husbandry family
The scientist (Claire Danes) becomes an advocate for autistics and the humane treatment of livestock.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2018
98 Minutes
Samuel Hunt Merritt Patterson Bobby Campo David Sakurai Vincenzo Amato Maddalena Ischiale Gianna Simone Ali Eagle Will Graham Andrew Caldwell Gary Cole
veteran olympic athlete family member survivor wife captor inspiring incredible brutal brash emotional touching track boat olympics prison house hospital olympic games running
The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.
Biography
Ireland|UK
1989
103 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Ray McAnally Brenda Fricker Ruth McCabe Fiona Shaw Eanna Macliam Alison Whelan Declan Croghan Hugh O'Conor Cyril Cusack
bricklayer housewife doctor sibling writer inspiring touching dublin household pub banquet hall street christy brown cerebral palsy illness debauchery rise underdog love transformation
Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
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.
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
1964
136 Minutes
Enrique Irazoqui Margherita Caruso Susanna Pasolini Marcello Morante Mario Socrate Settimo Di Porto Ferruccio Nuzzo
jesus mother disciple inspiring moving passionate israel desert waterfront the bible christianity rebellion religion quest discovery transformation temptation rise fall roman empire
The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2015
89 Minutes
Mukunda Angulo Narayana Angulo Bhagavan Angulo Govinda Angulo
family child sibling parent fascinating gripping touching manhattan apartment homeschooling curiosity family life film upbringing discovery growing up 2010s
Confined in an apartment from a New York housing project, the six Angulo brothers learned everything they know about the world through watching films and spend their time reenacting their favorite movies with intricate homemade costumes.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2001
141 Minutes
Paul Mazursky Irene Kane James B. Harris Marie Windsor Richard Schickel Christiane Kubrick
director actor producer film critic daughter wife fascinating amusing inspiring los angeles bronx, n.y. movie set school house stanley kubrick filmmaking rise transformation 1990s
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|France|USA
2016
111 Minutes
David Oyelowo Rosamund Pike Jack Davenport Tom Felton Laura Carmichael Charlotte Hope Jack Lowden Nicholas Lyndhurst Jessica Oyelowo Arnold Oceng Anastasia Hille
prince african white woman british woman citizen president charming moving emotional engaging inspiring powerful botswana africa united kingdom embassy village street love forbidden love
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Biography
USA
1950
89 Minutes
judge wife friend clerk writer inspiring tender fascinating spirited washington, d.c. family home courtroom marriage love grief aging love quest 1920s
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
2004
153 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Regina King Clifton Powell Aunjanue Ellis Harry Lennix Terrence Howard Larenz Tate Bokeem Woodbine Sharon Warren Curtis Armstrong
mother wife mistress manager blues singer emotional inspiring passionate seattle family home florida stage nightclub jazz addiction poverty music industry blindness growing up rise
Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and becomes an American music legend.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
1987
156 Minutes
Kevin Kline Denzel Washington Penelope Wilton Kevin R. McNally John Thaw Timothy West Juanita Waterman John Hargreaves Alec McCowen Zakes Mokae Ian Richardson
journalist activist police officer wife child gritty dark south africa police station family home apartheid murder activism quest revenge escape 1970s
South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.
Biography, Drama
2018
101 Minutes
Rachel Weisz Colin Firth David Thewlis Finn Elliot Andrew Buchan Jonathan Bailey Genevieve Gaunt Sebastian Armesto Ken Stott Simon Chandler Adrian Schiller
yacht skipper father adventurer wife contestant gripping engaging emotional heartwarming inspiring lighthearted sea yacht yachting competition following your dreams danger ambition family adventure
Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst creates an outrageous account of his disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race.
Biography, Drama
USA|Canada
2014
106 Minutes
Amy Adams Christoph Waltz Danny Huston Krysten Ritter Jason Schwartzman Terence Stamp Jon Polito Delaney Raye Madeleine Arthur Elisabetta Fantone Farryn VanHumbeck
painter husband wife con artist best friend art critic creative quirky charming california family home art studio art gallery office painting art world con game marriage fall rise
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
Biography
USA
1978
113 Minutes
Gary Busey Don Stroud Charles Martin Smith William Jordan Maria Richwine Conrad Janis Albert Popwell Amy Johnston Jim Beach Jake Barnes Fred Travalena
performer band member wife rock star engaging frenetic rousing texas nashville, tenn. concert stage harlem, n.y. airplane buddy holly rock 'n' roll ambition freedom tragic death quest underdog love
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.