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10 Best Movies Like Name for the Day

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

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#1
From Straight A's to XXX

From Straight A's to XXX

2017★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox....

#2
Heaven

Heaven

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers...

#3
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#4
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#5
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#6
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Name for the Day for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

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