# Movies like Coal Miner's Daughter

> Films most similar to Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/coal-miner-s-daughter-1980/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[Gorillas in the Mist](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/gorillas-in-the-mist-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.0 · 648 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Barefoot Gen](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/barefoot-gen-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.6 · 245 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[Glory](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/glory-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.5 · 1,797 votes · bittersweet, epic, tender
- **[Casualties of War](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/casualties-of-war-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 7.2 · 1,003 votes · dread, gut-punch, raw
- **[Gallipoli](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/gallipoli-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 7.1 · 536 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Man on the Moon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/man-on-the-moon-1999/)** (1999) — ★ 7.2 · 1,977 votes · bittersweet, outsider, playful
- **[The Commitments](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-commitments-1991/)** (1991) — ★ 7.3 · 600 votes · bittersweet, cozy, playful
- **[Chimes at Midnight](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/chimes-at-midnight-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.2 · 243 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, tender
- **[Selena](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/selena-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 7.7 · 1,299 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Gandhi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/gandhi-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 7.6 · 2,494 votes · bittersweet, epic, tender
- **[Empire of the Sun](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/empire-of-the-sun-1987/)** (1987) — ★ 7.5 · 2,109 votes · bittersweet, tender, uplifting

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