
10 Best Movies Like A Child Is Waiting
If you loved A Child Is Waiting, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he ha...

Where Hope Grows
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, h...

Won't Back Down
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

Resurrecting the Champ
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to ...

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

Almost Friends
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Child Is Waiting for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...