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Movies Like Craven Arms

If you liked Craven Arms (1972), a movie directed by David Giles, 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. 1Mona Lisa Smile

    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 Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces…

  2. 2Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A 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…

  3. 3The Miracle Worker

    The Miracle Worker (2000)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.

  4. 4My Awkward Sexual Adventure

    My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2012)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.

  5. 5Miss Stevens

    Miss Stevens (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Stuck at a crossroads in her personal life, it falls on high school English teacher Miss Stevens to chaperone three of her students — Billy, Margot and Sam — on a weekend trip to a drama competition.

  6. 6Batman: Soul of the Dragon

    Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.

  7. 7The Color of Rain

    The Color of Rain (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.

  8. 8Lawman

    Lawman (1971)

    ★ 6.5/10

    While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock…

  9. 9The Brave Little Toaster

    The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

    ★ 7/10

    A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

  10. 10Sweet November

    Sweet November (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out…

  11. 11The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography…

  12. 12Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

    Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with superhuman powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.

  13. 13The Ron Clark Story

    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…

  14. 14House of D

    House of D (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression…

  15. 15The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  16. 16Little Ashes

    Little Ashes (2008)

    ★ 5.8/10

    About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

  17. 17The Rewrite

    The Rewrite (2014)

    ★ 6/10

    An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

  18. 18Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

  19. 197 Days in Hell

    7 Days in Hell (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.

  20. 20Trapeze

    Trapeze (1956)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.

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