Movies like Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story: 20 to watch next
If you loved Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) — a drama film directed by Thomas Carter — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like husband wife relationship, 1970s and surgeon. 10 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Something the Lord Made 2004★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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No Way Out 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brain on Fire 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sunchaser 1996★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Big George Foreman 2023★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Othello 1951★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Manipulated by his jealous ensign Iago, the Moorish general Othello is driven to believe that his new wife Desdemona is unfaithful, setting in motion a chain of deception, jealousy, and violence that leads to tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Richard Jewell 2019★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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JOY 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Dad 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Priscilla 2023★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Kramer vs. Kramer 1979★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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Creed III 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Argo 2012★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar
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Normal 2003★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You're Not You 2014★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life-changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Man Without a Face 1993★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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John Q 2002★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cassandra's Dream 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Life of Chuck 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Train Dreams 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Stream in India on Netflix