Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Longing for Today

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

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#1
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Longing for Today 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?...

#2
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

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

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#4
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

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