20 movies like Bound for Glory, ordered by similarity : Nico, 1988(2017), Man of a Thousand Faces(1957), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Walk the Line(2005), Leadbelly(1975), Hamsun(1996), The Buddy Holly Story(1978), Your Cheatin' Heart(1964), I Can Only Imagine(2018), The Jackie Robinson Story(1950), Rocketman(2019), The Glenn Miller Story(1953) ...
7.3/10
Biography
USA
1976
147 Minutes
David Carradine Ronny Cox Melinda Dillon Gail Strickland John Lehne Randy Quaid Elizabeth Macey Susan Vaill
songwriter union organizer wife okies farmer positive powerful oklahoma texas california farm stage ambition american dream politics music poverty woody guthrie transformation underdog
The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
6.7/10
Biography, Music, Drama, History
Italy|Belgium
2017
94 Minutes
Trine Dyrholm Sàndor Funtek Anamaria Marinca Karina Fernandez Calvin Demba Gordon John Sinclair Thomas Trabacchi Francesco Colella
singer songwriter musician manager son rock star brooding emotional moving raw tense gripping europe stage restaurant road vehicle interview room isolation music business
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
7.2/10
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.
7.1/10
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
7.8/10
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2005
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby III Shelby Lynne Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne Shooter Jennings
musician elvis presley wife mother father jerry lee lewis gripping emotional memphis, tenn. household farm concert stage hotel prison johnny cash country music drug addiction infidelity performance family
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1975
126 Minutes
Roger E. Mosley Paul Benjamin Madge Sinclair Alan Manson Albert P. Hall Art Evans James Brodhead John Henry Faulk Vivian Bonnell Dana Manno Timothy Pickard
blues singer musician prisoner friend engaging intense louisiana texas prison stage leadbelly performance racism imprisonment blues music underdog discovery 1940s
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the... See full summary »
7.1/10
Biography
Denmark|Sweden|Norway|Germany
1996
158 Minutes
Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Anette Hoff Gard Eidsvold Eindride Eidsvold Asa Soderling Sverre Anker Ousdal Erik Hivju Edgar Selge Ernst Jacobi Svein Erik Brodal
writer wife doctor adolf hitler intense melodramatic norway germany household knut hamsun nazism treason world war ii politics marriage fall transformation 1940s
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during WW2 and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.
7.2/10
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.
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1964
100 Minutes
George Hamilton Susan Oliver Red Buttons Arthur O'Connell Shary Marshall Rex Ingram Chris Crosby Rex Holman Hortense Petra Roy Engel Donald Losby
musician boy manager businessman publisher wife moving endearing alabama small town stage hank williams, sr. country music fame alcoholism show business rise transformation underdog fall
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2018
110 Minutes
J. Michael Finley Madeline Carroll Dennis Quaid Trace Adkins Cloris Leachman Jason Burkey Mark Furze Randy McDowell Cole Marcus Alexander Dominguez Brody Rose
musician father son band member teacher friend incredible inspiring heartwarming emotional creative tense texas stage recording studio house auditorium coming of age family father/son relationship
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
6.4/10
Biography
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Ruby Dee Minor Watson Louise Beavers Richard Lane Harry Shannon Ben Lessy Billy Wayne Joel Fluellen Bernie Hamilton Kenny Washington Pat Flaherty
baseball player jackie robinson mother wife coach bigot emotional heartwarming rousing powerful america montreal stadium new york city brooklyn, n.y. baseball american dream race relations family rise
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
7.3/10
Musical, Biography, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
121 Minutes
Taron Egerton Jamie Bell Richard Madden Gemma Jones Bryce Dallas Howard Steven Mackintosh Stephen Graham Tate Donovan Charlie Rowe Matthew Illesley Kit Connor
musician singer-songwriter superstar band manager friend wild creative tense inspiring stage backstage england house stardom fame wealth music relationships rise adventure
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
7.3/10
Biography
USA
1953
116 Minutes
James Stewart June Allyson Charles Drake George Tobias Harry Morgan Katharine Warren Marion Ross Irving Bacon Barton MacLane Sig Ruman Phil Garris
musician band leader wife soldier uplifting melodramatic moving new york city europe english channel stage music world war ii glenn miller success rise love 1940s
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Biography
1949
106 Minutes
James Stewart June Allyson Frank Morgan Agnes Moorehead Bill Williams Bruce Cowling Cliff Clark
pitcher wife mother baseball player inspiring touching texas wilderness baseball field chicago disability comeback baseball rise transformation quest underdog 1940s
Inspired by his wife (June Allyson) and son, Chicago White Soxer Monty Stratton (James Stewart) pitches with an artificial leg.
5.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
123 Minutes
Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Bradley Whitford David Krumholtz Cherry Jones Maddie Hasson Wes Langlois Wrenn Schmidt
singer country singer singer-songwriter womanizer american musician guitarist love interest wife child boy george girl hank williams jr. disheartening emotional engaging gripping sad united states alabama
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
8.1/10
Adventure, Biography, Drama
USA
2007
147 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Catherine Keener Brian Dierker Vince Vaughn Zach Galifianakis Kristen Stewart Kyle Kwon Hal Holbrook
student farmer mistress wealthy man emotional engaging alaska california car farm survival freedom rebellion family road trip nature discovery escape 1990s
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK|Germany
2019
174 Minutes
August Diehl Valerie Pachner Maria Simon Tobias Moretti Bruno Ganz Matthias Schoenaerts Karin Neuhäuser Ulrich Matthes Franz Rogowski Karl Markovics Michael Nyqvist
farmer austrian pacifist bleak emotional inspiring incredible austria farm world war ii resistance nazis escape sacrifice 1940s
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
7.2/10
Musical, Biography
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Clifton Webb Debra Paget Robert Wagner Ruth Hussey Finlay Currie Benay Venuta Roy Roberts Thomas B. Henry Lester Matthews Maudie Prickett Erno Verebes
composer musician wife girlfriend audience member rousing inspiring washington, d.c. atlanta chicago brooklyn, n.y. stage music patriotism john philip sousa marine life sacrifice transformation 1890s
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
6.8/10
Biography
USA
1983
113 Minutes
Bonnie Bedelia Beau Bridges Leo Rossi Hoyt Axton Bill McKinney Anthony Edwards Dean-Paul Martin Paul Bartel Dick Miller Terence Knox
housewife mechanic race car driver uplifting inspiring racetrack upstate new york house garage sexism car racing gender identity sports ambition competition underdog transformation rise 1980s
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her ... See full summary »
Biography
1975
102 Minutes
president politician veteran charming spirited stage missouri washington, d.c. white house harry s. truman presidency world war i childhood farming politics underdog growing up rivalry 1900s
The candor and wit of Harry S. Truman is portrayed in a one-man show revealing his public and private sides.
7.9/10
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.
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