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10 Best Movies Like The Butler

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

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#1
Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

2013★ 6.1

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

Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wo...

#2
Lovelace

Lovelace

2013★ 6.0

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

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life....

#3
Selma

Selma

2014★ 7.4

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

"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. John...

#4
The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

2007★ 7.2

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

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a histor...

#5
Jobs

Jobs

2013★ 6.1

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

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century....

#6
The Big Wedding

The Big Wedding

2013★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butler for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding aft...