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Movies Like Universal Groove

If you liked Universal Groove (2024), a drama and history movie directed by François Garcia, 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. 1Radium 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.

  2. 2Munich - 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.

  3. 3Hounddog

    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.

  4. 4Adventures 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…

  5. 5Julia

    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.

  6. 6Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  7. 7The 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.

  8. 8Snow 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.

  9. 9Shattered 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'…

  10. 10Panther

    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.

  11. 11The Smashing Machine

    The Smashing Machine (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and history

    In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…

  12. 12The 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.

  13. 137 Women

    7 Women (1965)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.

  14. 14Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

  15. 15Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film…

  16. 16Run

    Run (1991)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

  17. 17Prizefighter: 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.

  18. 18Mansfield 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

  19. 19Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  20. 20All Eyez on Me

    All Eyez on Me (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also history and drama

    All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row…

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