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Movies that feel likeBig Eyes (2014)

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

If you loved Big Eyes, the closest films we have are On My Skin (2018), Richard Jewell (2019) and Wild (2014). All three share Big Eyes' contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ida (2013).

πŸ… 72% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tim Burtoncontemplative
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On My Skin
2018 Β· dir. Alessio Cremonini
β˜… 7.3dramaNetflix

One thread runs through both: biography

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

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Richard Jewell
2019 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5drama

Common ground: a true story

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

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Wild
2014 Β· dir. Jean-Marc VallΓ©e
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: biography

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Concussion
2015 Β· dir. Peter Landesman
πŸ… 58%β˜… 7.1dramaNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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Bombshell
2019 Β· dir. Jay Roach
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.8dramaPrime Video

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

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Beautiful Boy
2018 Β· dir. Felix van Groeningen
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.4dramaPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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Ida
2013 Β· dir. PaweΕ‚ Pawlikowski
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4dramaPrime Video

Drama built on stillness, twice over

In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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To the Bone
2017 Β· dir. Marti Noxon
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7dramaNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: artist

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

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Joy
2015 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.6dramaStarz

Drama approached the same way

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

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Blue Jasmine
2013 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3drama

Both play drama straight

After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.

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The Butler
2013 Β· dir. Lee Daniels
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.2drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

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Il Divo
2008 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2drama

Both working the same drama territory

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.

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