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10 Best Movies Like The Strand

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

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#1
The Switch

The Switch

2010★ 6.2

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

Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a li...

#2
In Safe Hands

In Safe Hands

2018★ 7.4

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

Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfa...

#3
The Back-Up Plan

The Back-Up Plan

2010★ 6.1

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

When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been s...

#4
Foster

Foster

2011★ 6.7

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

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep....

#5
Juno

Juno

2007★ 7.1

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

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child....

#6
Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes

2005★ 5.9

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

Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a de...

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