Movies Like A Poem and a Mistake
If you liked A Poem and a Mistake (2023), a drama movie directed by Tamilla Woodard, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Eleanor the Great (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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Look Back in Anger (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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The Color of Friendship (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaMahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from…
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaAs a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity…
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaThe story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Pretty Boy (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaSean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen…
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Living (2022)
★ 7/10Also dramaLondon, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at…
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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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Edie (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaTo try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and embarks on an adventure she never got to…
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Here (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAn odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
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Hamlet (1996)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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Adopt a Highway (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaRuss Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn…
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House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaEddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
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Take the Lead (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based…
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Hungry Hearts (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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August Rush (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaEvan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater…
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Breath (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
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Julia (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.