Movies like Women Talking (2022)
The best movies like Women Talking (2022) are The Whale (2022), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and Colonia (2016). If Women Talking hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedTaylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)8.2/10 from 442 votes
- NewestDrummer Boy (2026)Released 2026
The Whale (2022)
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisColonia (2016)
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShirley (2024)
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Power of the Dog (2021)
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Glorias (2020)
An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMay December (2023)
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJulie Keeps Quiet (2024)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club’s players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNYAD (2023)
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTaylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)
Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRustin (2023)
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSelma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLoving (2016)
In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Nomads (2019)
Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a young female teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Tale (2018)
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShawn Mendes: Live in Concert (2020)
In his hometown of Toronto, Shawn Mendes pours his heart out on stage with a live performance in a stadium packed with adoring fans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTill (2022)
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrummer Boy (2026)
As America’s fight for independence begins, a young drummer boy, an enslaved woman, and a divided family search for freedom. Through battle and loss, music carries hope in a deeply human story of faith and forgiveness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
An Evening with Dua Lipa (2024)
Features live performances of Dua Lipa's greatest hits accompanied by the Heritage Orchestra, as well as personal reflections on her career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTaylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live (2011)
Recorded during her Speak Now World Tour in 2011, this live recording collects 18 performances from the country-pop starlet, including almost all songs from her 2010 studio album "Speak Now".
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBlack Is King (2020)
This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOlivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour (2024)
At a sold-out concert in her hometown of LA, Olivia Rodrigo pours her heart into an electrifying night of chart-topping hits and pop-rock power ballads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGaga Chromatica Ball (2024)
In front of a sold-out crowd of 52,000 people, Lady Gaga delivers a career-defining performance at Los Angeles's Dodger Stadium during her 2022 Chromatica Ball Tour.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Simón (2023)
Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter exiled in Miami, copes not only with trauma, but also deep guilt over a choice he must make: stay in Miami and start a new life, or return home to the losing fight against a tyrannical regime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSpeak (2004)
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHomestead (2024)
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFatima (2020)
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Women Talking?
The closest matches to Women Talking are The Whale (2022), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and Colonia (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Women Talking?
People who watched Women Talking most often go on to The Whale (2022), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and Colonia (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Women Talking?
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), rated 8.2/10 by 442 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Women Talking?
Drummer Boy (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Women Talking?
Yes: The Whale (2022), The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) and Shirley (2024).
How are movies similar to Women Talking chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Women Talking, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.