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10 Best Movies Like Unwanted

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

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#1
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
The Survivalist

The Survivalist

2015★ 6.2

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

In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threa...

#4
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#5
Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022★ 6.5

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

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life....

#6
Ken Park

Ken Park

2003★ 6.0

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

Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people w...

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