Movies like Cry, the Beloved Country

20 movies like Cry, the Beloved Country, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013), Leading Lady(2014), The Forgotten Kingdom(2013), Tilai(1990), Having You(2013), Carol(2015), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Boesman & Lena(2000), Beautiful Boy(2018), Second Best(1994), Dean(2016) ...

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Cry, the Beloved Country

A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

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Leading Lady

An idealistic British drama school teacher, Jodi Rutherford, persuades a cynical South African farmer to prepare her for a role in a major film as an Afrikaans war heroine. In return Jodi ... See full summary »

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The Forgotten Kingdom

What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?

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Tilai

Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken ... See full summary »

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Having You

Jack has finally managed to propose to his girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that introduces him to his seven year old son.

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Carol

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

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Shepherds and Butchers

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

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Boesman & Lena

A South African couple (Danny Glover, Angela Bassett) try to overcome personal tragedy within their love/hate relationship.

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Beautiful Boy

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.

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Second Best

Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?

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Dean

An illustrator falls in love with a woman while trying to keep his father from burning down the family home after his wife dies.

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After the Storm

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

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The Good Earth

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

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The Champ

An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.

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A World Apart

1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »

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Cloud 9

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

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Mum's List

A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.

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Husband Material

A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.

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Violent Summer

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. ... See full summary »

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