10 Best Movies Like A Child Is Waiting
If you loved A Child Is Waiting, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he ha...
Resurrecting the Champ
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to ...
Ladybird Ladybird
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refuge...
All Together Now
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...
Detachment
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school ...
Adopt a Highway
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...