Movies Like Happy as Lazzaro
If you liked Happy as Lazzaro (2018), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Alice Rohrwacher, 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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Dances with Wolves (1990)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaWounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with…
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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Robin Hood (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyA war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyWhen Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaOn a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so…
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Frontera (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAfter crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and fantasyGeorge Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas…
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Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaThe year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…
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Mr. Church (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThe murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…
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The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaFollows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
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Cave Rescue (2019)
★ 6/10Also dramaWhen a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaSet in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…
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Shane (1953)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
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The Good Witch's Family (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasyA young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must…
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaTeenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize…
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The Way West (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaIn the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on…
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The Red House (1947)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAn old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaNicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Skin (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaBased on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.