Movies Like Diego Star
If you liked Diego Star (2013), a drama movie directed by Frédérick Pelletier, 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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Belle (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaDido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
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Between Two Worlds (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaMarianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner on a ferry…
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Captain Phillips (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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Sarah's Key (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaOn the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed…
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The Score (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAn aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
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Long Way North (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaIn 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his…
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Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced with an unexpected tragedy.
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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Darling (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaDarling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the contrary, shows a passion for life against all odds. She is…
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Lord Jim (1965)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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L'Argent (1928)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaAdapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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Hands of Stone (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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The Bounty (1984)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAn idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.
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Life of Pi (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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Enemy Mine (1985)
★ 7/10Also dramaA soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile…
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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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The Adversary (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaBased on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of…
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The Long Voyage Home (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.