Movies like Miracle: Letters to the President (2021)
The best movies like Miracle: Letters to the President (2021) are Cart (2014), Ode to My Father (2014) and Canola (2016). If Miracle: Letters to the President hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Terror Live (2013)7.2/10 from 291 votes
- NewestThe King's Warden (2026)Released 2026
- In KoreanCart (2014)Also in Korean
Cart (2014)
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOde to My Father (2014)
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCanola (2016)
A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisStand by Me (2018)
A grandpa finds out he is not going to live for much longer so he decides to prepare for his grandson's future with something special.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The King's Warden (2026)
In a remote mountain village of 15th-century Joseon, humble headman Heung-do hears a rumor that any village hosting an exiled nobleman will be blessed with abundance and fortune. Hoping to bring prosperity to his impoverished community, he eagerly submits a petition to host one—unaware that his guest is none other than the fallen monarch, deposed boy-king Danjong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Crossing (2008)
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Bleak Night (2011)
The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHan Gong-ju (2014)
After being involved in a traumatic incident, 17-year-old Gong-ju is forced to change schools. Uncared for by her parents, her previous teacher arranges for her to hide away at his mother's place. It takes time for her past to catch up with her, but when it does the revelation is devastating.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSinkhole (2021)
A working class family move into a new condo purchased after 11 years of hard work. They throw a housewarming party to show his co-workers when overnight a heavy downpour creates an extremely deep sinkhole that engulfs the entire building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Terror Live (2013)
A newsman discovers he's been rigged with a bomb after he has an exclusive interview with a terrorist who blew up a bridge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Can Speak (2017)
A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEveryone Is There (2020)
Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the reality of hell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMay 18 (2007)
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSunny (2011)
Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSecretly, Greatly (2013)
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFirefighters (2024)
Even in the harshest environments, firefighters must focus on extinguishing fires and rescuing everyone there. At 3:47 AM on March 4, 2001, the 119 emergency call center receives a phone call about a fire that has broken out in the Hongje-dong neighborhood. Firefighters, including newcomer Cheol-woong, rush to the scene.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Scandal Makers (2008)
Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo's brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children "unknown" to the media.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Annoying Brother (2016)
A jailed swindler leaps at the chance to earn parole in return for taking care of his estranged brother, an athlete who recently lost his sight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPoongsan (2011)
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Mayor (2017)
For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeaven's Postman (2009)
Jae-jun delivers letters to heaven from those who can't get over the loss of their loved ones. One day Ha-na, who writes to her late boyfriend, discovers Jae-jun's secret identity. He offers her a part-time job assisting him, and they set off on a 14-day journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Best Friend (2020)
A leader of the opposition party in 1980s South Korea struggles to outwit the government who, unbeknownst to him, has placed a surveillance team in the house next door. Based on the life of Kim Dae-jung, the 8th President of South Korea.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Unforgettable (2016)
On a live music radio show, a letter arrives from twenty-three years in the past. Through the letter, the first love and friendships of five friends are revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSecret Zoo (2020)
A lawyer is given the mission of revitalising a bankrupt zoo that has no animals. When he and a group of zookeepers come up with the idea to dress like animals and his fake polar bear goes viral, the zoo becomes a hit, before his law firm’s real intentions are revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhantom Detective (2016)
Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisF.I.S.T. (1978)
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Front of Your Face (2021)
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to keep a grave secret to herself, she manages life one day at a time with a sense of mindfulness. Meanwhile a certain director, some years younger than her, has asked her to join his project, and after a polite refusal, they have agreed to meet for the first time today. Downtown Seoul is filled with narrow alleys that harbor tiny old bars, and that's where they meet. As they are getting drunk, there is sudden rainfall and thunder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHungry Hearts (2015)
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTigertail (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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrying Fist (2005)
Tae-sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang-hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Miracle: Letters to the President?
The closest matches to Miracle: Letters to the President are Cart (2014), Ode to My Father (2014) and Canola (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Miracle: Letters to the President?
People who watched Miracle: Letters to the President most often go on to Cart (2014), Ode to My Father (2014) and Canola (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Miracle: Letters to the President?
The Terror Live (2013), rated 7.2/10 by 291 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Miracle: Letters to the President?
The King's Warden (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Miracle: Letters to the President?
Yes: Cart (2014), Ode to My Father (2014) and Canola (2016).
How are movies similar to Miracle: Letters to the President chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Miracle: Letters to the President, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.