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10 Best Movies Like Backward, Forward, and All Around

If you loved Backward, Forward, and All Around, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bon...

#4
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#5
A Mouthful of Air

A Mouthful of Air

2021★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum dep...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backward, Forward, and All Around for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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