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10 Best Movies Like Before It Had a Name

If you loved Before It Had a Name, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Before It Had a Name for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#4
Time Is Up

Time Is Up

2021★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Before It Had a Name for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the tim...

#5
Game of Love

Game of Love

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Before It Had a Name for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Follows Vivien and Roy as their love story continues and leads them to Roy’s childhood home in Sicily to prepare for the sale of the family estate. During the visit, a mysterious w...

#6
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

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