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Movies that feel likeA Few Good Men (1992)

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

If you loved A Few Good Men, the closest films we have are Awakenings (1990), In America (2003) and Departures (2008). All three share A Few Good Men's contemplative and hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Swades (2004).

🍅 85% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rob Reinercontemplativehopefulmelancholy
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Awakenings
1990 · dir. Penny Marshall
🍅 81%★ 7.8drama

Both land stillness and hope at once

The difference: Easier on the melancholy than A Few Good Men

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, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

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In America
2003 · dir. Jim Sheridan
🍅 90%★ 7.7drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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Departures
2008 · dir. Yojiro Takita
🍅 80%★ 8drama

The same preoccupation in both: mortality

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

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Swades
2004 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 90%★ 8.2dramaNetflix

Both lean on hope more than on drama

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

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Moneyball
2011 · dir. Bennett Miller
🍅 94%★ 7.6dramaHulu

Common ground: underdog

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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Like Stars on Earth
2007 · dir. Aamir Khan
🍅 93%★ 8.3drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
2010 · dir. Wagner de Assis
★ 6.5drama

A streak of hope through both

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

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The Blind Side
2009 · dir. John Lee Hancock
🍅 65%★ 7.6drama

Both play drama straight

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

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Creed
2015 · dir. Ryan Coogler
🍅 95%★ 7.6dramaPrime VideoHulu

One thread runs through both: underdog

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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Taste of Cherry
1997 · dir. Abbas Kiarostami
🍅 82%★ 7.7dramaMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

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Three Colors: Blue
1993 · dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
🍅 98%★ 7.8dramaMax

Both run melancholy where it counts

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

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Magnolia
1999 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 82%★ 8dramaMax

Both are built on the same subject: mortality

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

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