Movies Like The Price of Sugar (2013)

The Price of Sugar is a 2013 drama, history film from Jean van de Velde with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Last Supper and Gladiator.

Drama History

The Last Supper

1976

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

7.8

MagicScore

Gladiator

2000

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

8.2

MagicScore

Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

1978

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who's taken refuge in the African countryside while still operating an international criminal network.

4.9

MagicScore

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

7.2

MagicScore

12 Years a Slave

2013

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

7.9

MagicScore

Burn!

1969

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

6.8

MagicScore

Django Unchained

2012

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

8.2

MagicScore

Gone with the Wind

1939

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

7.9

MagicScore

Manderlay

2005

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Alice

2022

Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

Interview with the Vampire

1994

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Song of the South

1946

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Black Snake

1973

On a 19th century Caribbean island, slaves revolt against their beautiful and sadistic mistress.

5.3

MagicScore

#16

Belle

2013

Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Amazing Grace

2006

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

Unpredictable Nature of the River

1996

Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Mississippi Mermaid

1969

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

One True Loves

2023

Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together, until Jesse disappears in a tragic helicopter crash on their first wedding anniversary. Four years later, Emma has found happiness again and is about to marry her best friend when Jesse resurfaces, turning her world upside down and leaving her torn between two great loves.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Price of Sugar?

The top films similar to The Price of Sugar by MovieMagicScore are The Last Supper (7.8), Gladiator (8.2), Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade (4.9). Each shares drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Price of Sugar worth watching?

The Price of Sugar holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Price of Sugar?

The Price of Sugar (2013) is a drama, history film directed by Jean van de Velde, starring Neil Sandilands, Gaite Jansen, Benja Bruijning.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Price of Sugar?

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About movies like The Price of Sugar

This ranked list pairs The Price of Sugar (2013), a drama and history film from Jean van de Velde, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Neil Sandilands take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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