20 movies like Truman, ordered by similarity : Hacksaw Ridge(2016), Thank You for Your Service(2017), Stella Dallas(1937), Fatima(2015), Unhook the Stars(1996), Southside With You(2016), A Majority of One(1961), Lincoln(2012), Dangal Yuddham(2016), Early Summer(1951), Just Charlie(2017), Till the Clouds Roll By(1946) ...
Biography, Drama
1995
150 Minutes
Gary Sinise Diana Scarwid Richard Dysart Colm Feore James Gammon Tony Goldwyn Pat Hingle Harris Yulin Leo Burmester Amelia Campbell Virginia Capers
boss daughter u.s. president general first lady confident moving government building home unintended consequences leadership family relationships presidency risk humble beginnings transformation
Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman (Gary Sinise) becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
8.1/10
War, Biography, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2016
139 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Sam Worthington Luke Bracey Teresa Palmer Hugo Weaving Rachel Griffiths Vince Vaughn Richard Roxburgh Luke Pegler Richard Pyros Firass Dirani
private conscientious objector soldier commander enemy president confident emotional uplifting tense moving raw okinawa, japan airplane ship bunker white house car conscience world war ii
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
6.5/10
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.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
daughter mother family teenager single mother cleaning lady brooding emotional endearing heartwarming intense home town relationships love family money emotion mother/daughter relationship discovery
After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
6.5/10
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
6.3/10
Romance, Biography, Drama
USA
2016
81 Minutes
Tika Sumpter Parker Sawyers Vanessa Bell Calloway Jerod Haynes Alex Zelenka Donald Paul Gabrielle Lott-Rogers Jeremy Michael Pereira Deanna Reed-Foster Phillip Edward Van Lear TayLar
couple law student president adviser first lady man woman african-american african-american woman family charming cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming lighthearted chicago city romance first date
Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
153 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness Ray Danton Madlyn Rhue Mae Questel
mother daughter son-in-law widower neighbor emotional melodramatic ship family home japan friendship marriage family mother/child relationship grief racism love transformation 1960s
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|India
2012
149 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Sally Field David Strathairn Joseph Gordon-Levitt James Spader Hal Holbrook Tommy Lee Jones Lee Pace Michael Stuhlbarg David Costabile Jackie Earle Haley
president first lady son vice president military officer activist somber inspiring intense tense white house washington, d.c. battlefield government building big city abraham lincoln slavery historical events american civil war fight for justice
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
8.4/10
Action, Biography, Drama
USA|UK|Australia|Kenya|Namibia|India
2016
161 Minutes
Aamir Khan Sakshi Tanwar Fatima Sana Shaikh Sanya Malhotra Zaira Wasim Suhani Bhatnagar
wrestler daughter coach confident endearing engaging gripping powerful rousing spectacular india wrestling ring wrestling competition gender roles father/daughter relationship underdog 2000s
Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love
6.8/10
Drama
UK
2017
97 Minutes
Harry Gilby Patricia Potter Scot Williams Joshua Pascoe Karen Bryson Andrea Green Ewan Mitchell Caroline Nash Jeff Alexander John Draycott Jess Collett
soccer player star player teen boy father family emotional endearing gritty intense moving england soccer field soccer game club home gender identity following your heart family relationships soccer father/child relationship
Football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her Father and teammates will she ever play football again?
6.4/10
Musical, Biography
USA
1946
132 Minutes
Robert Walker Van Heflin Lucille Bremer Dorothy Patrick Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne Tony Martin Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra June Allyson
composer mentor daughter producer sweetheart singer charming confident moving new york city theater ship london countryside nightclub songwriting ambition broadway romance competition
Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).
Drama
2003
109 Minutes
Jessica Lange Tom Wilkinson Hayden Panettiere Clancy Brown Joe Sikora Randall Arney Richard Bull Mary Seibel
husband wife son daughter boss emotional moving illinois household church gender identity family sexual taboo discovery transformation 2000s
A factory worker (Tom Wilkinson) shocks his wife (Jessica Lange) and children when he announces that he wants a sex-change operation.
5.6/10
Other, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Andrea Logan Steve Young Tara Reid Randy Wayne Graham Schneider
old man widower daughter foster child rancher love interest charming emotional endearing heartwarming moving touching ranch bethlehem united states family home grief faith christmas hope
An elderly man grapples with his wife's death until his young daughter and his estranged foster child re-enter his life, giving him a new purpose.
Biography, Drama, History
2016
99 Minutes
Natalie Portman Peter Sarsgaard Greta Gerwig Billy Crudup John Hurt Richard E. Grant John Carroll Lynch Beth Grant Max Casella Caspar Phillipson
jacqueline kennedy john f. kennedy lyndon baines johnson lady bird johnson president husband brooding dreamy emotional gripping washington, d.c. government offices home assassination mourning death single mothers legacy regret fall
The assassination of JFK is seen through the eyes of Jackie Kennedy. The days leading up to the tragedy and the immediate aftermath are chronicled, as experienced by the First Lady, wife of the charismatic president and mother of two small children.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
7.8/10
Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Poland|UK|USA|Switzerland|Netherlands
2017
95 Minutes
Hugh Welchman
postal worker artist son brother daughter painter fascinating moving melancholy old city village inn france painting darkness life story art imitating life following your heart investigation personal tragedy
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk) to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2015
121 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Kate Winslet Seth Rogen Jeff Daniels Michael Stuhlbarg Katherine Waterston John Ortiz Sarah Snook Adam Shapiro Makenzie Moss Ripley Sobo
visionary computer programmer partner ex-girlfriend daughter genius brash brooding confident california office house auditorium stage car computers business ambition reunion success
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
6.6/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
97 Minutes
Peter Sarsgaard Winona Ryder Dennis Haysbert Jim Gaffigan Taryn Manning Kellan Lutz John Alberto Leguizamo Anton Yelchin Anthony Edwards Lori Singer Edoardo Ballerini
professor wife psychologist test subject student frightening new york city yale university university home human nature unintended consequences ethics life story consequences authority discovery 1960s
In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
6.9/10
Drama
UK
2017
95 Minutes
Siobhan Finneran Sacha Parkinson Molly Wright Robert Emms Steve Evets Aqib Khan Clare McGlinn James Quinn Jessica Baglow Wasim Zakir
jehovah's witnesses young woman mother daughter sister religious person moving gripping bleak united kingdom small town family home college religious gathering mother/daughter relationship religion pregnancy religious beliefs sibling relationship transformation
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
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