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10 Best Movies Like Selma

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

#1
Unbroken

Unbroken

2014★ 7.4

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

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II....

#2
Still Alice

Still Alice

2014★ 7.5

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

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her f...

#3
Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Selma for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend....

#4
A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

2014★ 6.6

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

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his fami...

#5
Big Eyes

Big Eyes

2014★ 7.0

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

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, ...

#6
The Skeleton Twins

The Skeleton Twins

2014★ 6.6

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

Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion rein...