Movies Like Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

If you liked Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior (2022), a movie directed by Angela Robinson Witherspoon, 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.

1
Everybody’s Everything (2019)
★ 8.4/10
The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.
2
The Ron Clark Story (2006)
★ 7.6/10
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his…
3
Shadow in the Cloud (2021)
★ 5.8/10
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
4
Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10
When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
5
Misbehaviour (2020)
★ 6.4/10
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the…
6
Suffragette (2015)
★ 7.2/10
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
7
Final Portrait (2017)
★ 6/10
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him…
8
Cameraperson (2016)
★ 6.7/10
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What…
9
Joy (2015)
★ 6.6/10
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
10
The Beaver (2011)
★ 6.4/10
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his…
11
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
★ 6.8/10
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to…
12
Dalíland (2022)
★ 5.9/10
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
13
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
★ 6.2/10
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
14
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.4/10
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
15
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (2014)
★ 7/10
Zarina, a smart and ambitious dust-keeper fairy who’s captivated by Blue Pixie Dust and its endless possibilities, flees Pixie Hollow and joins forces with the scheming pirates of Skull Rock, who make her captain of…
16
Hidden Figures (2016)
★ 8.1/10
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
17
Moxie (2021)
★ 7.2/10
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
18
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
★ 6.9/10
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
19
The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
★ 6.6/10
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
20
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
★ 6.9/10
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces…