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10 Best Movies Like The Orphans

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

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#1
Evelyn

Evelyn

2002★ 6.4

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

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the child...

#2
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

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

#3
Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphans for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her....

#4
The Baby

The Baby

1973★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphans for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the m...

#5
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

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

Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family a...

#6
Instant Family

Instant Family

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphans for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including...

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