Movies Similar to Chuck

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Joy(2015)

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The Abdication(1974)

Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.

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The Greatest Game Ever Played(2005)

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Gandhi(1982)

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Basquiat(1996)

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Catch Me If You Can(2002)

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days(2005)

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The Perfect Storm(2000)

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James Dean(2001)

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6.8

Cantinflas(2014)

Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.

6.6

Better Man(2024)

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

7.8

Lane 1974(2017)

At 13 years old and the eldest of three kids, Lane struggles to keep her family together as her iconoclast mother moves without warning through the communes and dusty back woods of Northern California.

6.8

Naked Fists(1974)

A young man comes out of a reform school properly reformed, but life outside will bring him to the underworld again. His second reform will be short-lived.

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Fun Home

Based on the musical and Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, "Fun Home" concerns Bechdel's discovery of her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life.

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Fighter(2019)

MMA fighter loses everything due to some bad life choices. Now local gangster make him back to the sports. But this time he will fight in the boxing ring.

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The Straight Story(1999)

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

7.7

The Pianist(2002)

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

8.4

Schindler's List(1993)

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8.6

Sissi(1955)

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

7.3