Movies like Seven Pounds
Seven Pounds (2008) is a drama movie directed by Gabriele Muccino. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Burning (2018)
★ 7.4 · 1,912 votes · Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.
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2. The Pianist (2002)
★ 8.4 · 10,530 votes · Drama, War
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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3. Ray (2004)
★ 7.5 · 2,322 votes · Drama, Music
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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4. Scent of a Woman (1992)
★ 7.8 · 4,133 votes · Drama
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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5. Daddio (2024)
★ 6.3 · 357 votes · Drama
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
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6. Mean Streets (1973)
★ 7.0 · 2,377 votes · Drama, Crime
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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7. Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8 · 303 votes · Drama, Fantasy
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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8. Lock Up (1989)
★ 6.8 · 1,376 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.
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9. The Unforgivable (2021)
★ 7.4 · 2,148 votes · Drama, Crime
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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10. American Hustle (2013)
★ 6.9 · 7,946 votes · Drama, Crime
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
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