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10 Best Movies Like Cries from the Heart

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

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#1
Miracle Run

Miracle Run

2004★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their beha...

#2
Peacock

Peacock

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk....

#3
Jack of the Red Hearts

Jack of the Red Hearts

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter....

#4
Detachment

Detachment

2011★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school ...

#5
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution....

#6
The Wave

The Wave

1981★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cries from the Heart for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany....

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