Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Midwife

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

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#1
Dragonfly

Dragonfly

2002★ 6.5

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

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences....

#2
150 Milligrams

150 Milligrams

2016★ 6.7

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

In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for th...

#3
Paris 36

Paris 36

2008★ 6.1

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

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of u...

#4
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#5
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Midwife 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...

#6
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017★ 6.4

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

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s....

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