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10 Best Movies Like Forward, Calm and Straight

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

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#1
Young Mothers

Young Mothers

2025★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julia, Ariane, and Naïma, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselv...

#2
My Zoe

My Zoe

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy ...

#3
Angel Face

Angel Face

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

8-year-old Elli and her mother, Marlène, live in a small town by the French Riviera where they act out to relieve boredom and hide from social services. When Marlène caves in to ye...

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
Tuesday

Tuesday

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird....

#6
Love You to Death

Love You to Death

2019★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forward, Calm and Straight 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....

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