20 best movies like The Challenger Disaster (2019)

List of the best movies like The Challenger Disaster (2019): Savannah, Life, Steve Jobs, Run the Tide, Spare Parts, Papa Hemingway in Cuba, The End of the Tour, The Front Runner, The We and the I, Crown Heights.

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Markimdb: 5.7
Genremelodrama, drama, family, history
CountryUSA

Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

Markimdb: 6
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration02:11

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:31

    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Mexico

    With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada

    In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.

    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: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:18

    Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France

    The We and the I is the heartfelt and comical story of the final bus ride home for a group of young high school students and graduates.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
    Duration01:27

    Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a secret: she's a fugitive from justice - accused of her mother-in-law's death.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

    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: 7.6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.

    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, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe and quiet to gather his thoughts. But the streets are relentless and soon, George finds himself teetering on the edge, alone and abandoned.

    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: 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: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    An emotionally and sexually charged journey through the love, addiction, and friendship of two men. Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers—compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:19

    International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:28

    King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:07

    Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:19

    Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic painter who has turned his back on not only art but life. The two form what appears to be at first a tenuous relationship. The kid wants to learn all the secrets the master has locked away inside his head and heart. Time has not been kind to the old master. His life appears pointless to him until the kid rekindles his interest in his work and ultimately gives him the will to live. Together, they give one another a priceless gift. The kid learns to see the world through the master's eyes. And the master learns to see life through the eyes of innocence again. This story is based on a real life experience.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, family, sport
    CountryUSA

    When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:10

    Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

    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: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    John Cassavetes’s directorial debut revolves around a romance in New York City between Lelia, a light- skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man. The relationship is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. Shot on location in Manhattan with a mostly nonprofessional cast and crew, Shadows is a penetrating work that is widely considered the forerunner of the American independent film movement.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

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

    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: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:00

    A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:30

    Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.

    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: 6.5
    Genredrama, military, biography, sport
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration01:49

    True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Jane, a high school teenager, tries to deal with the discovery that she is a lesbian after developing an intense friendship with another girl who makes her discover her true sexuality, which is only the start of Jane's troubles when Jane's unaccepting mother, Janice, struggles with her surprising revelation of brought forth by her only daughter.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.




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