Movies Like The Last Words of Dolly Pentreath
If you liked The Last Words of Dolly Pentreath (1993), a drama movie directed by Bill Scott, 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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Home (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAn ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
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The Last Bus (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWidower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses…
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That Evening Sun (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAn aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
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All Day and a Night (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaWhile serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
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Gracie (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
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Lorelei (2020)
★ 6/10Also dramaA man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
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The Last of England (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaThe artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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The Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaThe story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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Holy Lands (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaWhen lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…
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Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaEccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
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Blackbird (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
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The Nest (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaRory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
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Alex of Venice (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAfter her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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The Lords of Discipline (1983)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaWill arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism…
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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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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaMichael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
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Imperial Dreams (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.