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10 Best Movies Like Barefoot at Dawn

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

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#1
My Little Loves

My Little Loves

1974★ 6.8

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

Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after a year of high school, goes to live with his mother in the south of France; a harsher environment which rapidly changes his perception ...

#2
Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

1997★ 8.2

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

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who mi...

#3
Brothers

Brothers

2024★ 7.0

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

Two young brothers are abandoned by their mother during summer of 1948, they run into the forest and survive there for seven years....

#4
The Life of Jesus

The Life of Jesus

1997★ 6.7

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

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on sco...

#5
Close

Close

2022★ 7.8

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

Two 13-year-old boys spend an idyllic summer together, but their connection is put to the test when they become the subject of speculation at school....

#6
The Devil, Probably

The Devil, Probably

1977★ 6.8

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

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he li...

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