Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Almost Home

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

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#1
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#2
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#3
Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You

1992★ 6.1

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

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids su...

#4
Rocks

Rocks

2019★ 6.6

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

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and...

#5
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost Home 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?...

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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

2013★ 7.1

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

Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities....

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