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10 Best Movies Like The Children's Train

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

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#1
Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City

1945★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape....

#2
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fasc...

#3
Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine

1990★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit an...

#4
Paisan

Paisan

1946★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the pu...

#5
Euphoria

Euphoria

2018★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the s...

#6
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Children's Train for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

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