20 movies like Hamsun, ordered by similarity : Enemy of Women(1944), Darkest Hour(2017), Vincere(2009), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Thank You for Your Service(2017), Spitfire(1942), Beautiful Boy(2018), Wings and the Woman(1942), Jolson Sings Again(1949), My Left Foot(1989), Nico, 1988(2017), Churchill(2017) ...
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.
Biography
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Claudia Drake Paul Andor Donald Woods H.B. Warner Gloria Stuart Beryl Wallace Sigrid Gurie Ralph Morgan
nazi actress wife father-in-law landlord doctor patriotic melodramatic striking nazi germany berlin vienna theater house joseph goebbels nazism propaganda loneliness power blackmail
Young Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, an unsuccessful playwright, is forced, in order to support himself, to take a position as tutor in the household of Herr Quandt. His first attempt to force ... See full summary »
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, Drama, History
Italy|France
2009
128 Minutes
Giovanna Mezzogiorno Filippo Timi Corrado Invernizzi Fausto Russo Alesi Michela Cescon Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Paolo Pierobon Bruno Cariello Francesca Picozza Simona Nobili Giovanna Mori
benito mussolini wife son fascists brutal dark emotional italy betrayal love war politics loss fall revenge sacrifice 1940s
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
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.
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
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, 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.
Biography
UK
1942
96 Minutes
Anna Neagle Robert Newton Edward Chapman Nora Swinburne Brefni O'Rorke Charles Carson Martita Hunt Anthony Shaw Eliot Makeham David Horne Miles Malleson
aviatrix aviator husband wife solicitor government official emotional gripping rousing thrilling england house airplane amy johnson marriage flying husband/wife relationship fame world war ii rise
The story of flyer Amy Johnson who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was ... See full summary »
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
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, 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.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
105 Minutes
Brian Cox Miranda Richardson John Slattery Ella Purnell Julian Wadham Richard Durden James Purefoy Danny Webb Jonathan Aris George Anton Steven Cree
winston churchill wife general intense passionate patriotic spirited europe normandy coast england house office world war ii war effort politics political unrest pursuit rivalry sacrifice 1940s
Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.
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.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
France|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Jonah Hill Rooney Mara Jack Black Carrie Brownstein Beth Ditto Kim Gordon Udo Kier
handicapped person alcoholic artist friend girlfriend family member inspiring intense emotional powerful quirky witty portland, ore. house doctor's office ambulance street strip club artistic struggle therapy
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Drama, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Lithuania|Poland
2018
120 Minutes
Konstantin Khabensky Christopher Lambert Felice Jankell Dainius Kazlauskas Sergey Godin Roman Ageev
prisoner of war soviet soldier concentration camp survivor lieutenant nazi sergeant dark chilling intense disturbing frightening raw poland concentration camp survival nazis prisoners of war world war ii concentration camp uprising
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
Biography
USA
1956
123 Minutes
Tyrone Power Kim Novak Victoria Shaw James Whitmore Rex Thompson Mickey Maga Shepperd Strudwick Frieda Inescort
socialite conductor band member band leader estranged son wife melodramatic tense unrestrained new york city casino eddy duchin music tragic death father/son relationship world war ii fame adventure rise transformation
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly Lee Bowman Susanna Foster Judith Barrett Jerome Cowan John Garrick Pierre Watkin Richard Tucker Hal K. Dawson
husband singer composer doctor opera singer wife emotional melodramatic small town new york city switzerland opera house stage show business troubled marriage fame doomed romance mentorship victor herbert love
A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.
Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Jessica Chastain Johan Heldenbergh Michael McElhatton Daniel Brühl Iddo Goldberg Anna Rust Brian Caspe Goran Kostic Shira Haas Efrat Dor
zookeeper wife polish man nazi zoologist fugitive emotional intense fascinating poland zoo basement concentration camp warsaw ghetto office helping others world war ii fugitives nazis extermination
Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
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.