Movies Like Nenu Manishine
If you liked Nenu Manishine (1971), a drama movie directed by G.V.R. Seshgiri Rao, 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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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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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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Pushpa 2 - The Rule (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaAs his smuggling empire grows, a brazen Pushpa longs for power and respect on his vengeful journey, while facing old rivals and new.
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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Brotherly Love (2015)
★ 7/10Also dramaWest Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
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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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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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All Day and a Night (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaWhile serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
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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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El Chicano (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
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Eleanor the Great (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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Sergio (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
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Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThe eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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Bruised (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaJackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager…
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Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaJesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…
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Strange Weather (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaYears after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
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Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaThe fate of a violently contested kingdom hangs on the fraught bond between two friends-turned-foes.
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Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaDefiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaIn order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaThe story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.