
10 Best Movies Like Cry Freedom
If you loved Cry Freedom, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Escape from Pretoria
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape ...

Disgrace
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and ...

Woodlawn
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions o...

The Last King of Scotland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the ...

The Trip
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin......

Remember the Titans
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Freedom for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he c...