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10 Best Movies Like A Failure at Fifty

If you loved A Failure at Fifty, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Better Angels

The Better Angels

2014★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At an isolated log cabin in the harsh wilderness of Indiana circa 1817, the rhythms of love, tragedy, and the daily hardships of life on the developing frontier shaped one of our n...

#2
Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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, onl...

#3
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford...

#4
Lincoln

Lincoln

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 desi...

#5
Experimenter

Experimenter

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affa...

#6
Chaplin

Chaplin

1992★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Failure at Fifty for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins wit...

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