20 best movies like Papusza (2013)

List of the best movies like Papusza (2013): Battle of Westerplatte, Surviving Picasso, The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka, Set Fire to the Stars, Run Boy Run, Lenny, The Broken Tower, Gods, Mary Shelley, Mr. Turner.

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Markimdb: 5
Genredrama, military, history
CountryPoland, Lithuania

This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week, fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment and in the process came to symbolize the power of resistance. As the violence rages, a complex battle of a more personal nature plays out between two Polish commanders over how to best lead their men. Amid the bloodshed, they must ask themselves – should they fight until the last man standing or surrender in the face of overwhelming odds? What unfolds is a stirring exploration of the fight against the forces of tyranny.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryPoland

Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:37

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, drama, military, biography
CountryGermany, France, Poland
Duration01:48

Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill him, and he meets those, who will do and risk almost everything to help him. Jurek’s resilience is put to the ultimate test, when an accident cripples him, making it harder to find work. But he struggles on against all odds. Eventually the Russians reach his area and Jurek even finds a family where he could stay. Yet he is betrayed again, and a young man from a Jewish orphanage forcefully tries to bring Jurek back to his people and his faith.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, biography
CountryPoland
Duration02:00

Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA, Republic of Ireland, Australia
Duration02:05

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
Duration02:30

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, biography
CountryGermany, Netherlands, South Africa
Duration01:40

Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryPanama, USA
Duration02:20

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

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: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:24

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration02:19

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryPoland, Denmark
Duration01:22

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
CountryPoland
Duration02:08

Poland, 1970. Firmly determined to fight against Soviet tyranny and prevent the destruction of the world, the high-ranking officer of the Polish army Ryszard Kukliński makes a serious decision that will put his life, his family and the fate of an entire nation at risk.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryPoland
Duration02:07

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryPoland, Germany, United Kingdom

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:27

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
Duration01:34

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
Duration01:56

A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration03:03

An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his presidency.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA

A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
Duration01:54

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryBrazil, Spain
Duration01:52

Paulo Coelho is the world’s most translated living author, his books having sold over 165 million copies. But he was not always the inspirational global phenomenon he is today. Like the heroes in his spiritual classics THE ALCHEMIST and THE PILGRIMAGE, he long-searched for his calling, flirting with death, escaping madness, falling in love, and making rock ’n’ roll history in Brazil, all-the-while striving for success as a writer. A wild ride through a lifetime of stranger-than-fiction adventures, PAULO COELHO’S BEST STORY is a profoundly moving film that goes straight to the heart of the most beloved literary guru of our time, revealing the most incredible wonder of all: the man behind the masterpieces.

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: 5.8
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:08

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military, biography, history
CountryIsrael, USA

The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:54

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:33

As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to his later triumphs as he catches the eye of a sympathetic cardinal to his destructive relationship with a dashing gambler.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:45

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, biography
CountryHong Kong, China
Duration02:03

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:28

    The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:28

    A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryAustria, Luxembourg, Germany
    Duration01:36

    A "romantic comedy" based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:20

    The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:14

    London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:35

    Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:19

    A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, detective, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:40

    After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

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

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada
    Duration02:27

    In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

    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: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryNorway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
    Duration01:49

    The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, military
    CountryPoland
    Duration01:37

    This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.




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