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Movies that feel likeThe Founder (2016)

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

If you loved The Founder, the closest films we have are Steve Jobs (2015), The Post (2017) and Borg vs McEnroe (2017). All three share The Founder's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Labyrinth of Lies (2014).

🍅 80% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Lee Hancockcontemplativeepic
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Steve Jobs
2015 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 85%★ 7.2drama · history

The same two preoccupations: biography, and a true story

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.

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The Post
2017 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 88%★ 7.2drama · historyMax

The same preoccupation in both: biography

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 · dir. Janus Metz
🍅 84%★ 6.9drama · historyNetflixParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a true story

The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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Darkest Hour
2017 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 84%★ 7.4drama · historyRent or buy

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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The Walk
2015 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
🍅 83%★ 7.3history · drama · adventure

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than The Founder does

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

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Labyrinth of Lies
2014 · dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · history

Epic history, and it commits to that

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

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Jobs
2013 · dir. Joshua Michael Stern
🍅 27%★ 6drama · historyPrime VideoStarz

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

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Milk
2008 · dir. Gus Van Sant
🍅 93%★ 7.5history · drama

Epic history in both cases

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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Silence
2016 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 83%★ 7.2drama · historyRent or buy

Drama in the same key

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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Lincoln
2012 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 90%★ 7.3history · drama

Both know what they want from history

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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The Two Popes
2019 · dir. Fernando Meirelles
🍅 89%★ 7.6drama · historyNetflix

Both play drama straight

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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Everest
2015 · dir. Baltasar Kormákur
🍅 73%★ 7.1adventure · drama · historyRent or buy

The history is handled with the same confidence

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

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