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Movies Like Military Wives

If you liked Military Wives (2020), a drama movie directed by Peter Cattaneo, 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. 1The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace…

  2. 2Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

  3. 3The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

  4. 4Heart of Champions

    Heart of Champions (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.

  5. 5Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A 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.

  6. 6The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life…

  7. 7Small Things Like These

    Small Things Like These (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit…

  8. 8TÁR

    TÁR (2022)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

  9. 9Hope Gap

    Hope Gap (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Grace lives an idyllic life in a British seaside town, but her world soon comes crashing down when her husband of 29 years tells her he's leaving her for another woman. Through stages of shock, disbelief and anger…

  10. 10What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  11. 11War Room

    War Room (2015)

    ★ 7.9/10Also drama

    The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful…

  12. 12I Can Only Imagine

    I Can Only Imagine (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering…

  13. 13Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the…

  14. 14The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    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…

  15. 15The Fabelmans

    The Fabelmans (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him…

  16. 16Bravetown

    Bravetown (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.

  17. 17Unbroken: Path to Redemption

    Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to…

  18. 18The Gift

    The Gift (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

  19. 19The Color Purple

    The Color Purple (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of…

  20. 20Great Balls of Fire!

    Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in…

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