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Joy (2024)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
Style:
inspirational, medical drama, emotional, dramatic, tension, period piece, educational, sentimental, period drama, nostalgic
Plot:
hospital, parenthood, perseverance, ethics, controversy, women's rights, legacy, hopes, biopic, social change, sacrifice, infertility, social issues, medical, baby, based on real people
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1978, 1960s
Place:
united kingdom
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Most similar movies to Joy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, inspirational, period piece and dramatic films with plots about biopic, legacy, life, family drama, ambition, based on real people and hospital mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Joy: Yatra 2 (2024), The Road to Coronation Street (2010), When You Remember Me (1990), I Swear (2025), Seve: The Movie (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.
Style:
inspirational, dramatic, emotional, period piece
Plot:
soccer, biopic, ambition, underdog, father son relationship, perseverance, motivation, triumph, coming of age, family conflict, rivalry, prejudice ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 1940s
Place:
istanbul turkey
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95%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The life of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Style:
intense, emotional, inspirational, political drama, period drama
Plot:
legacy, biopic, public service, power struggle, tribute, election campaign, mourning
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, touching, factual, tense ...
Plot:
aspiring writer, british, casting, acting audition, biopic, behind the scenes, media industry, determination, ambition, working class, nostalgia, realism ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
manchester, northern england
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79%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse.
Style:
medical drama, realistic, emotional, heartfelt, tear jerker ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disability, hospital, perseverance, biopic, resilience, social issues, retirement home, isolation, hopes, injustice, family drama, compassion ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life of John Davidson, charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980's Britain to a present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome. Diagnosed aged fifteen, John navigates his way ...
Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, emotional, educational, dramatic ...
Plot:
biopic, empathy, acceptance, personal growth, resilience, character study, kindness, mental health, coming of age, high school life, social realism, bullying ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
britain, scotland
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.
Style:
exciting, serious, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
golf, biopic, rise to the top, athlete's life, rivalry, contests and competitions, underdog, rags to riches, legacy, inspiration, perseverance, charisma ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a ...
Style:
period piece, sexploitation film, period drama
Plot:
filmmaker, filmmaking, female nudity, actress, sexploitation, biopic, daughter, mother daughter relationship, career, 16 year old, single mother, film set ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, England in 1944 and begins to transform the lives of his patients, paralyzed soldiers ...
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
disability, changing lives, hospital, self fulfillment, human spirit, against the odds, rehabilitation, paralysis, hopes, dignity, contests and competitions, doctors and patients ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Iran
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Story:
In his last few days, Dr. Gharib remembers his childhood and compares the difference the time has made to medicine and medical procedures in Iran. Inspired by true events this show takes a look at Dr. Mohammad Gharib's life events as he spends ...
Style:
medical drama, melancholic, emotional, historical drama, reflective ...
Plot:
terminal illness, biopic, mortality, hospital, flashback, social change, family drama, family relations, persian
Place:
tehran
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Bangladesh, India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, realistic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, political leader, life, nationalism, leadership, national hero, patriotism, legacy, revolution, civil disobedience, colonialism, martyrdom ...
Time:
60s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
49%
477
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could ...
Style:
inspirational, educational, emotional, uplifting, period drama
Plot:
space exploration, exploration, astronaut, nasa, moon landing, space race, apollo program, spacecraft, teamwork, cold war, triumph, training ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
Style:
christian film, stylized, serious, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
clergy, christian, teaching the ways of the world, society, going straight, ambition, sermon, christianity, hopes, religion, blind ambition, historical character ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of the greatest Greek statesman. In the early 19th century, Greece has just gained its independence from the Ottomans and Ioannis Kapodistrias is called upon to assume the role of its first governor. He steadfastly defends the freedom of ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, inspirational, period piece, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
patriotism, sacrifice, biopic, nationalism, reform, tragedy, power struggle, corruption, diplomacy, grave, assassination, politics
Time:
19th century
Place:
greece
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story reimagines the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, family saga, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
based on real people, legacy, inheritance, ambition, dynasty, class conflict, betrayal, loyalty, family secret, entrepreneurship, city life, industrialization ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
dublin ireland, new york
Similarity:
44%
416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
theater, biopic, character study, political unrest, sacrifice, mortality, resilience, legacy, social change, illness, memory, slow burn ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Style:
captivating, touching, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
biopic, strong man, performer's life, ambition, rise to the top, strongman, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, humble, weightlifting, determination, perseverance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Egypt
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, political drama
Plot:
assassination, peace treaty, biopic, legacy, leadership, arab israeli conflict, diplomacy, military history, patriotism, cold war era, negotiation, terrorism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the ...
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
scientific discovery, epidemic, biopic, maternity ward, hospital, investigation, realism, social criticism, ethical dilemma, character study, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style:
clever, inspirational, captivating, political, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom, women's rights, feminist, supreme court, female lawyer, human rights, lawyer, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1963, year 1956, 70s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Spanning three crucial decades (1940-60s) in the history of India, the story chronicles the life of three great men responsible for launching India's space and nuclear programs respectively: Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, the architect of India's ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
scientist, biopic, indian history, innovation, space program, inspiration, fall in love, atomic bomb, inventor, inventions and discoveries, invention, relationships ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
india, mumbai india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style:
political, philosophical, cerebral, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
psychology, science, biopic, social experiment, electric shock, scientist, insanity, experiment, manipulation, couple relations, workplace, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years is told for the first time in a major drama for BBC Two.It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
physicist, science, genius, scientist, disability, storytelling, self discovery, biopic, life is a bitch, family relations, hospital, marriage proposal ...
Time:
60s, year 2004
Place:
england
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, holocaust, survival, holocaust survivor, world war two, fear, hiding, persecution, anti semitism, problem, nazism, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
175K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, cerebral, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
hospital, mental illness, mental institution, illness, doctors and patients, medical, fighting illness, doctor, medicine, catatonia, disability, patient ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, america, usa
Similarity:
38%
450
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his ...
Style:
dramatic, period piece, intense, inspirational, political drama ...
Plot:
biopic, leadership, portrait, idealism, martial law, intimate, civil liberties, patriotism, marriage, election, campaign, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
politics, african american, convention, president, conversation, strategy, media, election, black history, martin luther king, underdog, social issues ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Similarity:
37%
172
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
In 1912, Javanese activist Omar Said Tjokroaminoto co-founds the Sarekat Islam party to fight injustices of the Dutch East Indies' colonial regime.
Style:
political, historical drama, serious, inspirational, costume drama ...
Plot:
biopic, colonialism, activism, social justice, nationalism, oppression, resistance, leader, male protagonist, identity, national hero, based on real people ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
36%
326
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of Nelson Mandela's struggle to overturn apartheid in South Africa.
Style:
political, dramatic, serious, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
apartheid, racism, struggle, oppression, racial injustice, biopic, fight for justice, fight, fighting the system, ambition, society, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jay Shivaray In 'Subhedar', one will experience the thrilling feat of a mighty warrior who sacrifices his life to build the victory pylon of Swarajya on the summit of the fort, setting aside the marriage of his son.
Style:
epic, dramatic, intense, action packed, inspirational ...
Plot:
warrior, death of hero, patriotism, heroism, bravery, sacrifice, honor, leadership, biopic, legacy, loyalty, freedom ...
Time:
18th century
Similarity:
34%
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