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Movies that feel like In America (2003)

If you loved In America, the closest films we have are The Blind Side (2009), Moneyball (2011) and Departures (2008). All three share In America's contemplative and hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, YouTube TV and TNT and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jim Sheridancontemplativehopeful

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Β· Lost in America (1985) Β· Coming to America (1988) Β· Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Β· Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Β· Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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The Blind Side
2009 Β· dir. John Lee Hancock
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.6drama

Both keep circling back to inspirational

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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Moneyball
2011 Β· dir. Bennett Miller
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6drama

Contemplative and hopeful in the same breath

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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Departures
2008 Β· dir. Yojiro Takita
πŸ… 80%β˜… 8drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Creed
2015 Β· dir. Ryan Coogler
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6drama

Hopeful drama in both cases

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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A Few Good Men
1992 Β· dir. Rob Reiner
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.7drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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.

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Rocky
1976 Β· dir. John G. Avildsen
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.1drama

Both sit in the same hopeful register

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1970s show

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time β€” a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

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Million Dollar Baby
2004 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1drama

Both are drama through and through

The difference: None of the hope that defines In America

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

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The Aviator
2004 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5drama

Drama approached the same way

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Crash
2005 Β· dir. Paul Haggis
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7.7drama

The same drama instincts

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

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The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 67%β˜… 8drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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The Social Network
2010 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

Drama approached the same way

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

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The Passion of the Christ
2004 Β· dir. Mel Gibson
πŸ… 50%β˜… 7.3drama

Drama approached the same way

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

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