20 best movies like Shadowlands (1993)

List of the best movies like Shadowlands (1993): Bright Star, The Theory of Everything, The Whole Wide World, Amazing Grace, The Postman, Miss Potter, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, A Matador's Mistress, Patch Adams, The Last Station.

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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: 7.7
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: 7.1
    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: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:58

    The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryItaly, France, Belgium

    Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

    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: 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: 5.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountrySpain, United Kingdom, France, USA, Germany
    Duration01:32

    Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    Patch Adams is a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humour is the best medicine and he's willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it means risking his own career.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Russia
    Duration01:53

    A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:28

    The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.

    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: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.

    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
    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: 6.7
    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: 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: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryTurkey
      Duration02:18

      In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.

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

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

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA

      Mitch became caught up with his career as a sport commentator and journalist. He ignored his girlfriend and did not make time to do things in life that are of the most value to a human being. Morrie was one of Mitch's professors in college and a famous scholar. One day Mitch was watching television and saw Morrie giving an interview stating that he is dying of Lou Gehrig disease or ALS.

      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: 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: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries the mechanic, but they soon find out that he's an abusive and unreasoning alcoholic, and they struggle to maintain hope in an impossible situation as the boy grows up with plans to escape the small town by any means possible. Based on a true story by Tobias Wolff.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration01:49

      Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.

      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: 7.5
        Genredrama, music, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
        Duration02:05

        Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

        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: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryGermany

        A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

        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: 5.8
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Sweden, Belgium
        Duration01:52

        During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana campaigns against the use of land mines and has a secret love affair with a Pakistani heart surgeon.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:50

        The Edge of love is a love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous and felt same adventurous nature in this charismatic poet, Dylan Thomas, also.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
        Duration01:38

        The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia
        Duration01:45

        The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

        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: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration01:43

        A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.

        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: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:48

          A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
          Duration02:45

          Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:41

          After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie, fashionable Sarah, and writer Andrew, who brings his American TV star wife, Carol. Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian, also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.

          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: 7.1
          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: 7.2
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryTurkey
          Duration01:58

          Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. The causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together. They come across each other in Ankara several times during their childhood and youth. Each intersection has a butterfly effect, resulting in drastic changes in their lives. They sometimes cause disasters, sometimes miracles. However, they can never be together. Whatever it is that brings them together, manages to build a transparent wall between them. Until they come across each other again in Istanbul, 25 years later... --Anonymous (imdb)

          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: 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: 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: 4.2
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUSA

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

          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.




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