Movies Like Kannan Karunai
If you liked Kannan Karunai (1971), a drama and music movie directed by N.T. Rama Rao, 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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Mansfield Park (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaFanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaThe story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye after being falsely accused of treason.
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Soorarai Pottru (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaNedumaaran Rajangam "Maara" sets out to make the common man fly and in the process takes on the world's most capital intensive industry and several enemies who stand in his way.
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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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Honeydripper (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and musicIn 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
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Good Vibrations (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also music and dramaThe story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The…
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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Take the Lead (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicA 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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Too Late Blues (1961)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and musicGhost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…
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Eight Men Out (1988)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaBuck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with…
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Heidi (2005)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaSwiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying…
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Won't Back Down (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaJamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for…
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Kodi (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaA young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.
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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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Make Mine Music (1946)
★ 5.8/10Also musicIn the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the…
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…
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Head Full of Honey (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
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Padayappa (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaPadayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates…
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Kaala (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaKarikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.