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10 Best Movies Like A Deadly Adoption

If you loved A Deadly Adoption, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Higher Ground

Higher Ground

2011★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Ins...

#2
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#3
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead....

#4
Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour....

#5
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family a...

#6
The Poker House

The Poker House

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Deadly Adoption for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns....

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