Movies like The Pursuit of Happyness

20 movies like The Pursuit of Happyness, ordered by similarity : Anything for Her(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Oil for the Lamps of China(1935), Counsellor-at-Law(1933), Sweet Sixteen(2002), After the Storm(2016), First Reformed(2017), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), No End(1985), The Chase(1966), Poor Cow(1967) ...

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The Pursuit of Happyness

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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Anything for Her

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.

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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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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

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Oil for the Lamps of China

An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of ... See full summary »

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Counsellor-at-Law

Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

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Sweet Sixteen

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

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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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First Reformed

A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.

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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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No End

The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.

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The Chase

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

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Poor Cow

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices, she has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. One day, her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.

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Middle of Nowhere

A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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The Ax

A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.

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The Bigamist

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

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Barney's Version

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.

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Shot Caller

A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

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Some Mother's Son

The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.

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