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Movies Like The Joyful 1926

If you liked The Joyful 1926, a drama and history movie directed by Damien Ounouri, 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. 1Munich - The Edge of War

    Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

  2. 2Radium Girls

    Radium Girls (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

    Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

  3. 3Oranges and Sunshine

    Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and…

  4. 4Suffragette

    Suffragette (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and history

    Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

  5. 5Panther

    Panther (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

  6. 6Origin

    Origin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and history

    While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

  7. 7The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

    A 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…

  8. 8Giant

    Giant (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    Follows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer. Their unlikely partnership…

  9. 9Julia

    Julia (1977)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

  10. 10The Book of Daniel

    The Book of Daniel (2013)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is…

  11. 11Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  12. 12Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also history and drama

    At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

  13. 13Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  14. 14Adventures of a Mathematician

    Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and…

  15. 15Plan A

    Plan A (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and history

    Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families…

  16. 16Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

  17. 17Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Fanny 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

  18. 18The Secrets We Keep

    The Secrets We Keep (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also history and drama

    In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

  19. 19The Current War

    The Current War (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and history

    Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

  20. 20Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass'…

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