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10 Best Movies Like The Founder

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

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#1
Gold

Gold

2016★ 6.6

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

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a gr...

#2
Sully

Sully

2016★ 7.2

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

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 s...

#3
Thanks Boss!

Thanks Boss!

2016★ 7.3

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

A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director....

#4
Jack Frost

Jack Frost

1998★ 6.0

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

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone ...

#5
Cyrano, My Love

Cyrano, My Love

2018★ 7.5

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

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, ...

#6
American Pastoral

American Pastoral

2016★ 6.2

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

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family....