Movies Like Pelle the Conqueror
If you liked Pelle the Conqueror (1987), a drama movie directed by Bille August, 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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Farming (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaBased on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of…
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Straw Dogs (1971)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaDavid Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy…
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Mother at War (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also drama1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the…
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Around the Bend (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes…
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaDolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera…
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I Walk the Line (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaHenry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the…
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Summer of Sam (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaSpike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaRyevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at…
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Lizzie (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaMassachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family…
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Boys Don't Cry (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Pusher II (2004)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaTonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
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The Boys of St. Vincent (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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Hannibal (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAfter having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He…
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Bleeder (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaTwo stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.
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Downhill Racer (1969)
★ 6/10Also dramaAn ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
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Into the Darkness (2020)
★ 6/10Also dramaKarlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark…
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also dramaTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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Fight Club (1999)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an…