Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The New World

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

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#1
A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

1963★ 6.8

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

Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staf...

#2
Where Hope Grows

Where Hope Grows

2014★ 7.3

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

Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, h...

#3
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

2008★ 6.5

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

#4
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#5
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#6
Marvellous

Marvellous

2014★ 7.1

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

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustibl...

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