Movies Like Life As It Is

If you liked Life As It Is (1911), a movie directed by Louis Feuillade, 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
Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5/10
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
2
Sarah's Oil (2025)
★ 7.9/10
Sarah Rector, a Black girl born in early 20th-century Oklahoma Indian Territory, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith proves right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to…
3
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
★ 7/10
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
4
Maurice (1987)
★ 7.6/10
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
★ 7.2/10
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished…
6
Sister My Sister (1994)
★ 5.9/10
A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever…
7
The Lost City of Z (2017)
★ 6.4/10
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
8
The Paradine Case (1947)
★ 6.3/10
In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and…
9
Nickelodeon (1976)
★ 6/10
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business…
10
The King's Man (2021)
★ 6.7/10
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
11
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
12
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
★ 6.5/10
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
13
David and Bathsheba (1951)
★ 5.8/10
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
14
Flamin' Hot (2023)
★ 8/10
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and…
15
Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
16
Angela's Christmas (2017)
★ 6.8/10
A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.
17
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
★ 6.9/10
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
18
Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
19
Safety (2020)
★ 7.5/10
The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.
20
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.