20 best movies like Hawking (2004)


List of the best movies like Hawking (2004): Breathe, The Theory of Everything, Testament of Youth, The Aeronauts, Concussion, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Florence Foster Jenkins, Colette, Denial, The King's Speech.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:37

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
Duration02:03

    The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark
    Duration02:09

    Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
    Duration02:06

    A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

    Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration02:24

    The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France, Hungary, Netherlands
    Duration02:37

    After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:36

    Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
    Duration01:58

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryKenya, India, USA, Canada, South Africa
    Duration01:50

    A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, family, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:37

    Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece “Peter Pan.”

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration02:35

      Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:10

      Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA

      Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, discovers the delightfully bizarre films of legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, USA, India
      Duration01:43

      A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Russia, United Kingdom
      Duration02:30

      Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      A high school student falls asleep while sitting in class. When he wakes up, all time is frozen, except for him.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:57

        A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:11

        C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:32

        Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan

        A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryFrance

        Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:20

        The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryAustralia, USA
        Duration02:29

          WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genreaction, drama, adventure, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:54

            Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
            Duration01:43

            In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be retarded for the first ten years of his life.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China, Hungary

            The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan
            Duration02:35

              When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:59

              Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genrebiography
              CountryItaly
              Duration01:21

              Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genredrama, adventure, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:55

              A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
              Duration01:30

              Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the reluctant Arthur and refuses to give up on him. As she coaxes him out of his shell, Arthur realizes that it is never too late to change.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:30

              An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genredrama, military, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:34

              One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genremelodrama, drama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, France
              Duration01:59

              In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrefantasy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration03:00

              On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight), a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:57

              An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:30

              New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer named Thomas Wolfe falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius. Together the two men set out to work on a version for publication and a seemingly endless struggle over every single phrase ensues. During this process, Perkins the gentle family man and Wolfe the eccentric author become close – a relationship eyed with suspicion by their wives. When ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ becomes a resounding success, the writer grows increasingly paranoid.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:53

              A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genremelodrama, drama, short
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:00

              A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrecomedy, drama, biography
              CountryFrance, USA
              Duration01:50

              On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genredrama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium
              Duration02:04

              A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genredrama, biography
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:27

                A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                Duration01:37

                With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public




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