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10 Best Movies Like Trumbo

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

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#1
Mank

Mank

2020★ 6.7

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

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane....

#2
Chaplin

Chaplin

1992★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trumbo 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...

#3
Hitchcock

Hitchcock

2012★ 6.6

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

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When th...

#4
Harry & Son

Harry & Son

1984★ 5.8

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

Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical li...

#5
The Audrey Hepburn Story

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000★ 6.0

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

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occ...

#6
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

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

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

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