Movies Like Philomena

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Small Things Like These

2024·1h 39m·★ 6.7·Tim Mielants

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2012·1h 50m·★ 5.7·Kirk Jones

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2024·1h 58m·★ 5.9·Tyler Russell

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Never Let Me Go

2010·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Mark Romanek

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1996·2h 22m·★ 8.0·Mike Leigh

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Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: washington dc, usa, mother son relationship

Damage

1992·1h 51m·★ 6.7·Louis Malle

Themes: scandal, london, england

The Runner

2026·1h 26m·★ 6.8·Kevin Macdonald

Themes: mother son relationship, london, england

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019·2h 17m·★ 6.4·David Leitch

Themes: mother son relationship, london, england

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

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Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

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2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

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1962·1h 32m·★ 6.5·Alfred Vohrer

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Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

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The White Dawn

1974·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Philip Kaufman

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1968·2h 4m·★ 6.5·Peter Hall

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How Good Is Philomena?

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