20 movies like The Founder, ordered by similarity : The Current War: Director's Cut(2019), Ford v Ferrari(2019), August(2008), The Ten Commandments(1923), 42(2013), Pawn Sacrifice(2014), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), Straight Outta Compton(2015), First Man(2018), Mongol(2007), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), 99 Homes(2014) ...
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Greece
2016
115 Minutes
Michael Keaton Nick Offerman John Carroll Lynch Laura Dern Linda Cardellini B.J. Novak Patrick Wilson Justin Randell Brooke Griff Furst Kate Kneeland Wilbur Fitzgerald
salesman brother small-business owner wife confident gripping shocking spirited southern california entrepreneurial spirit small business fast food struggle pursuit rise rivalry transformation wretched excess 1950s
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Russia|UK
2019
101 Minutes
Benedict Cumberbatch Michael Shannon Nicholas Hoult Katherine Waterston Tuppence Middleton Tom Holland Matthew Macfadyen Conor MacNeill Tom Fisher
thomas edison inventor millionaire rival businessman scientist tense gripping creative passionate new york city house laboratory field street wall street electricity inventions power rivalry
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
152 Minutes
Matt Damon Christian Bale Jon Bernthal Caitriona Balfe Tracy Letts Josh Lucas Noah Jupe Remo Girone Ray McKinnon JJ Feild Jack McMullen
designer auto builder race car driver rival intense passionate confident creative gripping france america auto race car dealership corporate headquarters desert auto racing design corporate rule rivalry creative process
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Drama
2008
88 Minutes
Josh Hartnett Naomie Harris Adam Scott Robin Tunney Andre Royo Emmanuelle Chriqui David Bowie Rip Torn Caroline Lagerfelt
business owner son brother investor girlfriend entrepreneur melodramatic gripping thrilling confident engaging new york city club apartment office city apartment street father/son relationship brother relationship dot-com bubble
The co-founder (Josh Hartnett) of an Internet company tries to win back his lover (Naomie Harris), while his business teeters on the brink of disaster.
Fantasy, Biography, Drama, History
USA
1923
146 Minutes
Theodore Roberts Charles De Roche Estelle Taylor Julia Faye Terrence Moore James Neill Lawson Butt Clarence Burton Noble Johnson Edythe Chapman Richard Dix
moses pharaoh carpenter brother contractor mistress melodramatic spectacular outlandish egypt city pacific ocean san francisco sin good versus evil brotherhood ten commandments morality family rivalry
After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, while the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2013
128 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Harrison Ford Nicole Beharie Christopher Meloni Ryan Merriman Lucas Black Andre Holland Alan Tudyk Hamish Linklater T.R. Knight John C. McGinley
baseball catcher baseball manager critic baseball fan family member baseball player touching uplifting positive tense gripping inspiring brooklyn, n.y. baseball field stadium office bus locker room jackie robinson historical events
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Peter Sarsgaard Liev Schreiber Michael Stuhlbarg Lily Rabe Robin Weigert Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Aiden Lovekamp Conrad Pla Evelyne Brochu Sophie Nélisse
chess player prodigy young man chess grandmaster russian government official brooding gripping gutsy intense tense emotional united states russia beach auditorium chess tournament bulgaria chess competition
Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Biography, Music, Drama
USA
2015
147 Minutes
O'Shea Jackson Jr. Corey Hawkins Jason Mitchell Neil Brown Jr. Aldis Hodge Marlon Yates Jr. R. Marcos Taylor Alexandra Shipp Paul Giamatti Elena Goode Keith Powers
rapper manager fan rival woman gang member brash brooding intense south central house recording studio street car restaurant gangs hip-hop business friendship rivalry
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Adventure, Drama, History, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Kazakhstan|China
2007
126 Minutes
Tadanobu Asano Honglei Sun Khulan Chuluun Amadu Mamadakov Bayertsetseg Erdenebat Amarbold Tuvshinbayar Tegen Ao Sai Xing Ga
warrior wife father soldier slave brooding gripping intense mongolia outdoors camp genghis khan childhood marriage betrayal slavery friendship growing up love rivalry
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Drama
USA
2014
110 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Michael Shannon Laura Dern Tim Guinee Noah Lomax Clancy Brown J.D. Evermore Judd Lormand Cullen Moss John L. Armijo Nicole Barré
businessman single father contractor unemployed person man tenant bleak dark gripping intense thrilling disheartening abandoned house united states florida house suburb road unemployment eviction
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Claire Foy Tom Hollander Stephen Mangan Hugh Bonneville Dean-Charles Chapman Amit Shah Ben Lloyd-Hughes Emily Bevan Camilla Rutherford Diana Rigg
paraplegic wife brother inventor patient doctor emotional powerful heartwarming moving positive uplifting hospital countryside england kenya airplane tennis court survival paralysis
The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
90 Minutes
Catherine Keener Amanda Peet Oliver Platt Rebecca Hall Ann Morgan Guilbert Sarah Steele Lois Smith Thomas Ian Nicholas
husband wife teen girl young woman sister grandmother quirky hysterical melodramatic new york city apartment antique shop conflict of interest infidelity teen angst business husband/wife relationship guilt transformation wretched excess
In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|USA|China|Hungary
2019
103 Minutes
Rosamund Pike Sam Riley Anya Taylor-Joy Jonathan Aris Aneurin Barnard Simon Russell Beale Yvette Feuer Mirjam Novak
marie curie scientist husband rival thrilling passionate confident incredible inspiring paris france laboratory battlefield lecture hall death of spouse science medicine biological warfare saving the world apocalypse
The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK
2012
98 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Helen Mirren Scarlett Johansson Toni Collette Danny Huston Jessica Biel Michael Stuhlbarg James D'Arcy Michael Wincott Kurtwood Smith Richard Portnow
director wife film studio executive movie producer actress actor crafty gripping cheeky hollywood, calif. movie studio household film set alfred hitchcock filmmaking historical events serial murders husband/wife relationship rise underdog
The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.
Action, Drama
India|USA
2015
156 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Sidharth Malhotra Jackie Shroff Jaqueline Fernandes
fighter young man brother father son thrilling gripping intense house bungalow prison brotherhood brother relationship family relationships rivalry rivalry rise fall quest pursuit
Two estranged, street-fighting brothers square off against each other in a mixed martial arts tournament.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Comedy, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Canada|USA
2018
97 Minutes
Steve Coogan John C. Reilly Shirley Henderson Nina Arianda Rufus Jones Danny Huston Susy Kane Ella Kenion Harry Hepple Bentley Kalu Roger Ringrose
comedian laurel and hardy audience fan partner playful heartwarming tense emotional stage backstage theater dressing room hotel friendship partnership performance comedy team love
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.