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10 Best Movies Like Giving Thanks

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

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#1
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.6

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

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Giving Thanks 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...

#3
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#4
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.4

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#5
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#6
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

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