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10 Best Movies Like Nowhere Special

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

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#1
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nowhere Special 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...

#2
Second Best

Second Best

1994★ 6.8

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

The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son....

#3
Ladybird Ladybird

Ladybird Ladybird

1994★ 7.2

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

Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refuge...

#4
Lion

Lion

2016★ 8.0

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

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 ye...

#5
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

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

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever befor...

#6
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008★ 6.5

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

During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he ha...

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