Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Deaf

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

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#1
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

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

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

#2
Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

2006★ 7.0

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

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipat...

#3
Love You to Death

Love You to Death

2019★ 7.6

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

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder....

#4
The Forge

The Forge

2024★ 8.2

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

19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynt...

#5
Speak

Speak

2004★ 7.1

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

Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her paren...

#6
Miracle Run

Miracle Run

2004★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deaf for fans of Drama. 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...

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