Movies Like Fire at the Mine
If you liked Fire at the Mine (1911), a drama movie directed by Léonce Perret, 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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The 33 (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaBased on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
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Fauve (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaSet in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
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Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
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Skhizein (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaHaving been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
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Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
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Pale Rider (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also dramaDespite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
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Last Breath (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaSeasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
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Testament (1983)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaIt's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in…
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Greed (1924)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaWhen housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
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Canvas (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.
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Aningaaq (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and…
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A Movie (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaBruce Conner's landmark experimental film consisting entirely of found footage edited to a new score.
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Deepwater Horizon (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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The Beaver (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaSuffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his…
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The River (1984)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaTom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…
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The Little Matchgirl (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAn animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and…
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…
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Memorable (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaAging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.
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Cardboard Boxer (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaGentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.