Movies like Invictus
If Invictus's mix of sports, stadium and south africa stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Invictus's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Directed by Justin Chadwick · 141 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Tony Kgoroge · Shares: south africa, apartheid, nelson mandela · Also drama and history
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
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Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 132 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Clint Eastwood · With Morgan Freeman · Shares: sports · From the same decade (2000s)
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life.
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Quiz Show
1994 · Directed by Robert Redford · 133 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: idealism, idealist, fighting the system · Also history and drama
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled…
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Cry Freedom
1987 · Directed by Richard Attenborough · 157 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: south africa, apartheid, racism
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s.
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Air
2023 · Directed by Ben Affleck · 112 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Matt Damon · Shares: sports · Also drama and history
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
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Ford v Ferrari
2019 · Directed by James Mangold · 153 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Matt Damon · Shares: sports · Also drama and history
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
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Just Mercy
2019 · Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: racism · Also drama and history
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence…
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Selma
2014 · Directed by Ava DuVernay · 128 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: president · Also history and drama
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B.
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The Boys in the Boat
2023 · Directed by George Clooney · 123 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: sports · Also drama and history
The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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District 9
2009 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 112 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: south africa, racism · From the same decade (2000s)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by…
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Rush
2013 · Directed by Ron Howard · 123 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: sports
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
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The Great Debaters
2007 · Directed by Denzel Washington · 126 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: racism · From the same decade (2000s)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the…