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

It's a Wonderful Life
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest buil...

Joker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

The Shawshank Redemption
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

Pulp Fiction
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

Oppenheimer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Jesse Owens Story for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....