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10 Best Movies Like The Hope Factory

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

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#1
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#2
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#3
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#5
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.4

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#6
My Joy

My Joy

2010★ 6.3

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

Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

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