Movies Like All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
If you liked All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023), a drama movie directed by Raven Jackson, 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 Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaThe story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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The Help (2011)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaAibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers…
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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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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
★ 7/10Also dramaA psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
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Sarah's Oil (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaSarah 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…
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The Color of Rain (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAfter cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.
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Sky (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
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Nothing Personal (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAlone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring…
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The Ron Clark Story (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaPassionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his…
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…
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Third Star (2010)
★ 7/10Also dramaJames and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and…
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God's Not Dead (2014)
★ 6/10Also dramaAfter he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAn alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her…
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Selma (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also drama"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing…
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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.
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Till (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThe true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
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Safe (1995)
★ 7/10Also dramaCarol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
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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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The Color Purple (2023)
★ 7/10Also dramaA 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…
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Janet Planet (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaIn rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all…