Movies like I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake (2016) is a drama movie directed by Ken Loach. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
★ 7.3 · 861 votes · Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of modern-day labour exploitation.
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2. The Old Oak (2023)
★ 7.2 · 444 votes · Drama
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
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3. Mr. Church (2016)
★ 7.4 · 554 votes · Drama
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
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4. Fathers and Daughters (2015)
★ 7.2 · 1,079 votes · Drama
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
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5. Still Life (2013)
★ 7.5 · 417 votes · Drama
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
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6. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
★ 7.8 · 2,092 votes · Drama, Crime
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
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7. The Starling (2021)
★ 6.9 · 338 votes · Drama
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
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