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10 Best Movies Like Breaking Free

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

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#1
The Derby Stallion

The Derby Stallion

2005★ 6.0

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

An alcoholic former horse-trainer perceives in a fifteen-year-old boy a unique gift of horsemanship and makes it possible for the boy to conceive his dream and pursue it....

#2
Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking

2008★ 6.1

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

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off wit...

#3
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

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

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

#4
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 6.2

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

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a...

#5
The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

1962★ 7.9

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

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed...

#6
Creed III

Creed III

2023★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Free for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serv...

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