Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Be-Longing

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

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#1
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Be-Longing for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

#2
It Takes Two

It Takes Two

1995★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Be-Longing for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's da...

#3
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.9

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

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

#4
I Believe

I Believe

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Be-Longing for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way....

#5
Martian Child

Martian Child

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Be-Longing for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars....

#6
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Be-Longing 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...

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