Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Half Brother

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

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#1
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#2
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#3
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#4
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#5
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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