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Movies like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men (1935)

The best movies like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men (1935) are Sergio (2020), The Young One (1960) and The Nest (2020). If Hermine and the Seven Upright Men hooked you with its drama, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Sergio (2020)

    A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. The Young One (1960)

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. The Nest (2020)

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (2023)

    Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  5. Cardboard Boxer (2016)

    Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. This Crazy Heart (2017)

    When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. The German Lesson (2019)

    In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Tigertail (2020)

    A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. What Maisie Knew (2013)

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Daddy Longlegs (2010)

    After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Adopt a Highway (2019)

    Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. True Colors (1991)

    Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. My Neighbor Adolf (2022)

    South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Mindwalk (1991)

    On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Inside I'm Dancing (2004)

    Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Hardball (2001)

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. All Day and a Night (2020)

    While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. The River (1984)

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. The Good Neighbor (2022)

    A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Hide Your Smiling Faces (2014)

    Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men?

The closest matches to Hermine and the Seven Upright Men are Sergio (2020), The Young One (1960) and The Nest (2020). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Hermine and the Seven Upright Men?

Start with Sergio (2020), the closest match to Hermine and the Seven Upright Men.

What is the highest-rated movie like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men?

Inside I'm Dancing (2004), rated 7.4/10 by 244 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men?

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there German movies like Hermine and the Seven Upright Men?

Yes: Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything (2023), This Crazy Heart (2017) and The German Lesson (2019).

How are movies similar to Hermine and the Seven Upright Men chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hermine and the Seven Upright Men, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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