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10 Best Movies Like Nell

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

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#1
Walkabout

Walkabout

1971★ 7.3

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

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the...

#2
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one com...

#3
Resurrection

Resurrection

1980★ 6.5

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

The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope ...

#4
Miracle Run

Miracle Run

2004★ 7.6

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

Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their beha...

#5
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

2017★ 5.8

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

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to batt...

#6
Remember

Remember

2015★ 7.4

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

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family....

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