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10 Best Movies Like Wanted, a Child

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

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#1
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wanted, a Child 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...

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942★ 7.3

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

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved....

#4
The Children Act

The Children Act

2018★ 6.6

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

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept m...

#5
Nowhere Special

Nowhere Special

2020★ 7.2

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

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is give...

#6
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wanted, a Child 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...

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