Movies

History

Biography

Drama

Movies like 12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013, Steve McQueen

4.7/5

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 American biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of David Wilson's version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon.

Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong'o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Alfre Woodard feature in supporting roles. Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 27 to August 13, 2012. The locations used were four historic antebellum plantations: Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like Icon Productions Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures Films, American Biographical Drama Films, and Best Picture Academy Award Winners.

Similar Movies

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: There Will Be Blood, Dallas Buyers Club, and Django Unchained

Movies

There Will Be Blood

2008

The intersecting life stories of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday in early twentieth century California is presented. Miner turn oilman Daniel Plainvie

Movies

Dallas Buyers Club

2013

Dallas 1985. Electrician and sometimes rodeo bull rider Ron Woodroof lives hard, which includes heavy smoking, drinking, drug use (primarily cocaine)

Movies

Django Unchained

2013

In 1858, a bounty-hunter named King Schultz seeks out a slave named Django and buys him because he needs him to find some men he is looking for. After

Movies

Fargo

1996

Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed

Movies

American Beauty

2000

After his death sometime in his 43rd year, suburbanite Lester Burnham tells of the last few weeks of his life, during which he had no idea of his immi

Movies

Her

2014

Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he's not working as a letter writer, his down time is spent playing video games and

Movies

The Departed

2006

In this crime-action tour de force, the South Boston state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Co

Movies

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

In the early 1990s, Jordan Belfort teamed with his partner Donny Azoff and started brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont. Their company quickly grows from a

Movies

A Beautiful Mind

2002

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he made an astonishing disc

Movies

The Green Mile

2016

Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer

Movies

The Elephant Man

1980

In Victorian London, Dr.

Movies

Good Will Hunting

1998

A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing de

Movies

Gone Girl

2014

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growin

Movies

Goodfellas

1990

Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might hav

Movies

The Big Short

2016

Three separate but parallel stories of the U.S mortgage housing crisis of 2005 are told. Michael Burry, an eccentric ex-physician turned one-eyed Scio

Movies

The King's Speech

2011

Britain's Prince Albert (Colin Firth) must ascend the throne as

Movies

No Country for Old Men

2007

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (

Movies

Dead Poets Society

1989

Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His roommate, Neil Perry, although exceedin

Cross-category suggestions

music

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: Trevor Morris, Lorne Balfe, and Paul Leonard-Morgan

Music

Trevor Morris

Trevor Morris (born 25 May 1970) is a Canadian orchestral composer and music producer. His scores include the television shows The Tudors, The Pil

Music

Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer and producer of film, television, and video game scores. A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remo

Music

Paul Leonard-Morgan

Paul Leonard-Morgan is a Scottish composer particularly known for his work in scoring for television and film. He won a Scottish BAFTA for the film

Music

Steve Jablonsky

Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer for film, television and video games, best known for his musical scores in the Trans

Music

Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmy

Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 3D science fiction thriller film Gravity, written by British film compos

Music

Alex Heffes

Alex Heffes () is a British film composer (born September 2, 1971 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire). His film scores include those for the BAFTA-wi

Music

Tyler Bates

Tyler Bates is an American musician, producer, and composer for film, television, and video game scores. Much of his work is in the action and horr

Music

Alan Silvestri

Alan Anthony Silvestri is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has been associated with director Robert Zemeckis si

Bear McCreary is an American musician and composer of film, television, and video game scores based in Los Angeles, California. His work includes t

Music

Brian Tyler

Brian Theodore Tyler is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and record producer, best known for his film, television, and video game scores.

Music

John Powell

John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer best known for his film scores. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has com

Music

Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (; born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for films, television and video games. He has also served as a directo

Music

Henry Jackman

Henry Pryce Jackman (born 1974) is an English composer, conductor, arranger, pianist, musician, and songwriter. He composed music for films

Music

Blake Neely

Blake Neely is an Emmy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for his

shows

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: The Shield, The Americans, and Boardwalk Empire

TV shows

The Shield

2002

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to b

TV shows

The Americans

2013

A pair of deep-cover Soviet spies masquerades as a typical DC couple whose children, neighbors, coworkers, and friends are completely unaware of their

TV shows

Boardwalk Empire

2010

Set in the Prohibition era of the 1920s Boardwalk Empire is the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, the treasurer of Atlantic County, Atlantic City, New

TV shows

The Newsroom

2012

A news team attempts to create a news show that reports the news in an ethical and reasonable way. They take real, newsworthy events from our world as

TV shows

The Sopranos

2000

An innovative look at the life of fictional Mafia Capo Tony Soprano, this serial is presented largely first person, but additional perspective is conv

TV shows

Homeland

2011

The winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, Homeland is an edge-of-your-seat sensation. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody is both a d

TV shows

Ozark

2017

The Byrdes and their teenage kids, Charlotte and Jonah, are, for all intents and purposes, an ordinary family with ordinary lives. Except for the job

TV shows

The Wire

2002

The streets of Baltimore as a microcosm of the US's war on drugs, and of US urban decay in general. Seen not only through the eyes of a few policemen

TV shows

The West Wing

1999

Presidential advisers get their personal lives hopelessly tangled up with professional duties as they try to conduct the business of running a country

TV shows

Orange Is the New Black

2013

Piper Chapman is a public relations executive with a career and a fiance when her past suddenly catches up to her. In her mid-30s she is sentenced to

TV shows

Mad Men

2008

The professional and personal lives of those who work in advertising on Madison Avenue - self-coined "mad men" - in the 1960s are presented. The stori

TV shows

How to Get Away with Murder

2015

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become

TV shows

Ray Donovan

2013

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players as the go-to guy who makes the problems

TV shows

Breaking Bad

2008

When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given only two years to live, he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives w

TV shows

House of Cards

2013

Majority House Whip Francis Underwood takes you on a long journey as he exacts his vengeance on those he feels wronged him - that is, his own cabinet

TV shows

House

2006

The series follows the life of anti-social, pain killer addict, witty and arrogant medical doctor Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) with only half a muscle

TV shows

White Collar

2009

The unlikely partnership between charming con artist Neal Caffrey and straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke. Caffrey provides his expertise to help Burke

TV shows

Rectify

2016

Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.

games

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: NBA 2K15, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, and Pokemon Omega Ruby

Games

NBA 2K15

NBA 2K15 features approximately 5,000 new animations, new defensive AI, shooting systems, new team-specific play sets, and more control over reboundin

Games

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Gates to Infinity, where Pokemon speak and adventures are always nearby. What's more, you will become a Pokemo...

Games

Pokemon Omega Ruby

Pokemon gamers initially experienced Pokemon Ruby Version and Pokemon Sapphire Version when it launched in 2003 for the GBA. Now, a new generation of

Games

NBA 2K12

The highest-rated NBA simulation 11 years running is now available on iOS for the first time ever. Built on the powerful and critically acclaimed NBA

Games

Bloodborne

Bloodborne is an action RPG in which you hunt for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through

Games

FIFA Soccer 13

FIFA 13 is the next installment in the handheld football franchise....

Games

Rock Band 3

Rock Band returns with another iteration of the popular music game featuring new songs and instruments....

Games

F1 2013

F1 2013 sees Codemasters introducing a new F1 Classics mode, opening up circuits and drivers from the 1980s....

Games

NBA 2K13

++++ATTENTION - we have received reports of the game crashing for some users. We are investigating the issue and working toward a solution.++++Enter t

Games

Luftrausers

Luftrausers is an arcade-style aerial combat shooter where ace pilots will be able to customize their own "rauser" and battle wily enemy fighters amon

Games

Driveclub

Driveclub promises to bring to life the heart and soul of car culture. An authentic and immersive driving experience, Drivelub promises to let you fee

Games

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Scholar of the First Sin includes the 3 previously released DLC packs - Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King, and Crown of the i...

Games

NBA 2K14

Compatible with iPad 2 and up, iPad mini, iPod touch 5 and up and iPhone 4 and up – WILL NOT RUN ON EARLIER DEVICES***NBA 2K14 is the latest ins

Games

Madden NFL 16

Whether playing alone or online, your mission to build an NFL dynasty begins with Connected Franchise. Interact and build your team with more control

Games

FIFA 14

FIFA 14 is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was rel

Games

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

The Walking Dead is a first-person shooter based on the AMC TV show and starring the Dixon brothers....

Games

Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4 is the fourth installment in EA's first person shooter series....

Games

MLB 15: The Show

With the addition of General Manager Contracts, you now must consider Ownership Expectations when operating your team, and your performance will deter

podcasts

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: We Have Concerns, You Must Remember This, and Unobscured

Podcasts

We Have Concerns

The People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, are global awards given annually to the best podcasts as voted by the gener

Podcasts

You Must Remember This

Karina Longworth is an American film critic, author, and journalist based in Los Angeles. Longworth writes, hosts and produces the podcast You Must

Podcasts

Unobscured

Breakthrough Listen is a project to search for intelligent extraterrestrial communications in the Universe. With $100 million in funding and thousa

Podcasts

Overdue

Headgum is an American podcasting network founded in 2015 by Marty Michael, Amir Blumenfeld, and Jake Hurwitz. The latter two – known collectively

Podcasts

I Was There Too

Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcas

Podcasts

Lore

Lore is a documentary podcast on topics such as folklore, legends, and historical events, often with a focus on the macabre. Each episode examines

Podcasts

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

David Charles Hahn, sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" or the "Nuclear Boy Scout", was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who built

Podcasts

LeVar Burton Reads

Levar Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host, best known for playing Geordi La Forge in Star Trek

Podcasts

Filmspotting: Reviews & Top 5s

Filmspotting is a weekly film podcast and radio program from Chicago hosted by Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen. The show originally began as a progr

Podcasts

Game of Thrones The Podcast

Bald Move is a podcasting company, founded by Peter Street, Jim Jones and A. Ron Hubbard. Its flagship show is hosted by Jones and Hubbard. The com

Podcasts

Mad About Movies

Shawn Anthony Levy (born 1961) is an American film critic, author, podcaster, and blogger. Born in New York City, and educated at the University of

Podcasts

Decoding Westworld

Podcasts

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check with Griffin & David is a film podcast following the career output of directors who have had significant success and are then offered a

Podcasts

Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends is a collectible card game based on universal mythologies, developed in 2000 in Santiago, Chile. The game currently counts with 3

Podcasts

James Bonding

Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcas

Podcasts

Imaginary Worlds

Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. M

Podcasts

Best Case Worst Case

James "Jim" T. Clemente (born October 30, 1959, San Mateo, California) is an American author, former New York State prosecutor, former FBI profiler

Podcasts

Real Crime Profile

Real Crime Profile is a true crime podcast distributed by Wondery and co-hosted by Jim Clemente, Laura Richards, and Lisa Zambetti. The show featur

people

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Darabont, and Gary Ross

places

Filter by:

If you like 12 Years a Slave, you might also like: Midtown Comics Grand Central, Torpedo Comics, and Entertainment Hobby Shop Jungle (Anime Jungle)