20 best movies like Madame Curie (1943)

List of the best movies like Madame Curie (1943): The Theory of Everything, Lady Sings the Blues, Sonny Boy, The First Grader, Young Man with a Horn, Anna and the King of Siam, The Glenn Miller Story, Désirée, Marie Antoinette, Marina.

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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
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryNetherlands
    Duration02:10

    Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant...

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Kenya, France

    The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:37

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryBelgium, Italy

    The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African American college students into an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

    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: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    The Whole Wide World tells the story of Novalyne Price, an attractive feisty West Texas schoolteacher and her bittersweet, romantic and turbulent relationship with Robert E. Howard, the great pulp fiction writer of the 1930's.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:32

    Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky (Sandra Bullock), a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. Their affair slowly blossoms, until Hemingway boldly asks Agnes to be his wife and journey to America with him. Richard Attenborough directs this drama based on the real-life experiences of the famed novelist.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:40

    The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, Germany
    Duration01:58

    The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA

    A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Morocco
    Duration03:10

    A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:28

    The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA

    The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Thailand
    Duration02:12

    The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:06

    Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:52

    The true story of Soldier’s Girl, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer was misunderstood by fellow soldiers and eventually leads to his brutal death.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...

    Markimdb: 8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:17

    A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.

    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: 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: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A rich, young beauty, Louise Durant, follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at the conservatory. A piano student at the conservatory falls madly in love with Louise. The violinist loves his music first and Louise second. The pianist loves Louise first and his music second. Louise must ultimately choose which man she wants.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly practices, she is discouraged by everyone except her elder brother, Johnny. Her father does not believe that girls should play soccer and tells her that she is neither tough enough nor talented enough to play with the boys team. Undeterred, Gracie finds reserves of strength she never knew existed, and persists in changing everyone's beliefs in what she is capable of, including her own. She faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. But as the beautiful and strong person that she has always been but she also brings her family together in the face of their own tragedy.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:23

    The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:41

    Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:01

    The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryItaly, France
    Duration02:01

    The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigour but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws. A historical drama with the passion, lyricism and tragedy of a classical Italian opera. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.




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