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Movies Like For the sake of the homeland

If you liked For the sake of the homeland (1961), a movie directed by Fawzy Al Janaby, 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. 1Sight

    Sight (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang…

  2. 2The House on Carroll Street

    The House on Carroll Street (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…

  3. 3F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T. (1978)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts…

  4. 4The Death of Stalin

    The Death of Stalin (2017)

    ★ 7/10

    When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who…

  5. 5CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  6. 6The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  7. 7Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    ★ 7.5/10

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a…

  8. 8A King in New York

    A King in New York (1957)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

  9. 9Life in a Day

    Life in a Day (2011)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

  10. 10Skin

    Skin (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

  11. 11Don't Worry Darling

    Don't Worry Darling (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their…

  12. 12The Giver

    The Giver (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

  13. 13Here

    Here (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An 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.

  14. 14American Pastoral

    American Pastoral (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

  15. 15Herself

    Herself (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a…

  16. 16The Hate U Give

    The Hate U Give (2018)

    ★ 8.1/10

    Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds…

  17. 17Charm City Kings

    Charm City Kings (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds…

  18. 18SubUrbia

    SubUrbia (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  19. 19Bicentennial Man

    Bicentennial Man (1999)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance…

  20. 20Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

    ★ 7.1/10

    In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to…

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