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10 Best Movies Like City of Joy

If you loved City of Joy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences....

#2
The Children of Huang Shi

The Children of Huang Shi

2008★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in...

#3
Three Wishes

Three Wishes

1995★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay a...

#4
A Species Odyssey

A Species Odyssey

2003★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

"A Species Odyssey" portrays the origins of Mankind from the moment the first primate stood up on their hind legs and set off to conquer the African Savanna, to modern Man, setting...

#5
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a famil...

#6
Goat

Goat

2016★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to City of Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' test...