Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Through the Mill

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

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#1
The Glorias

The Glorias

2020★ 6.4

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

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the ...

#2
Suffragette

Suffragette

2015★ 7.2

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

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brut...

#3
The Current War

The Current War

2018★ 6.7

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

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people....

#4
Blame It on Fidel!

Blame It on Fidel!

2006★ 7.0

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

A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris....

#5
The Young Karl Marx

The Young Karl Marx

2017★ 6.8

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

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid...

#6
Miss Violet

Miss Violet

2024★ 6.9

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

France. End of the 19th century. Louise Violet 40, a Parisian teacher, is sent on a mission to the French countryside. But in a place where the daily life is linked to the seasons...

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