
10 Best Movies Like I Am Sam
If you loved I Am Sam, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Losing Isaiah
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the ba...

Short Term 12
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior b...

A Home of Our Own
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

White Oleander
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion....

The Glass Castle
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

Sleepwalking
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Am Sam for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off wit...