Movies Like Suffragette (2015)

Suffragette is a 2015 drama, history film from Sarah Gavron with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mary Poppins and Savage Messiah.

Drama History

Mary Poppins

1964

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.

7.6

MagicScore

Savage Messiah

1972

In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.

6.1

MagicScore

Misbehaviour

2020

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

6.4

MagicScore

The Duchess

2008

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

7.0

MagicScore

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2006

Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept

6.1

MagicScore

Wonder Woman

2017

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

7.2

MagicScore

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2018

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

6.9

MagicScore

All Quiet on the Western Front

2022

Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

7.7

MagicScore

The History of Sound

2025

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

The Choral

2025

As World War I rages on, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

The Beast

2024

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

2018

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

2011

A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

8.4

MagicScore

#14

The Winslow Boy

1948

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

The Winslow Boy

1999

Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Wings of the Dove

1997

Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Sense and Sensibility

1995

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, find that their chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Living

2022

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

The Wizard of the Kremlin

2026

In the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, rising KGB officer Vladimir Putin joins forces with master manipulator Vadim Baranov to reshape life behind the Iron Curtain, using violence and deception to change the world forever.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Suffragette?

The top films similar to Suffragette by MovieMagicScore are Mary Poppins (7.6), Savage Messiah (6.1), Misbehaviour (6.4). Each shares drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Suffragette worth watching?

Suffragette holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 1,649 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Suffragette?

Suffragette (2015) is a drama, history film directed by Sarah Gavron, starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson.

Where can I find more recommendations like Suffragette?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Suffragette

This ranked list pairs Suffragette (2015), a drama and history film from Sarah Gavron, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Carey Mulligan 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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