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Movies that feel likeHope (2013)

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

If you loved Hope, the closest films we have are Departures (2008), Swades (2004) and In America (2003). All three share Hope'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 Upstream Color (2013).

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If Hope hit the spot, these will too

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

Contemplative where it counts, hopeful underneath

The difference: Trades the grit of Hope for an angle of its own

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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

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

Drama with a pulse of stillness, 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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Awakenings
1990 · dir. Penny Marshall
🍅 81%★ 7.8drama

Two things both keep coming back to: hope and a true story

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1990s show

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

Common ground: a true story

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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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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Blood and Bone
2009 · dir. Ben Ramsey
★ 6.7action · crime · thrillerStarz

Both work the same grit

The difference: Leans harder into action than Hope does

In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

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

The drama is handled with the same confidence

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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King of New York
1990 · dir. Abel Ferrara
🍅 72%★ 6.9thriller · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: hope

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Hope does

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

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

The same drama instincts

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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Upstream Color
2013 · dir. Shane Carruth
🍅 87%★ 6.5drama · science fiction

Both are drama through and through

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

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