Movies Like The Swimmers

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

NYAD

2023·2h·★ 7.1·Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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Barbie

2023·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Greta Gerwig

Themes: forceful, comforting, admiring

Swimming Upstream

2003·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Russell Mulcahy

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Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: family relationships, comforting

Braveheart

1995·2h 58m·★ 8.3·Mel Gibson

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Hero

2002·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Zhang Yimou

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Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

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303 Squadron

2018·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Denis Delić

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Hacksaw Ridge

2016·2h 19m·★ 8.1·Mel Gibson

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Michael

2026·2h 8m·★ 7.4·Antoine Fuqua

Themes: comforting, biography

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004·2h 21m·★ 7.9·Alfonso Cuarón

Themes: comforting, admiring

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001·2h 32m·★ 7.7·Chris Columbus

Themes: comforting, admiring

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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A Streetcar Named Desire

1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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Boys Don't Cry

1999·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Kimberly Peirce

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The Impossible

2012·1h 53m·★ 7.5·J. A. Bayona

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Joyland

2022·2h 7m·★ 7.6·Saim Sadiq

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