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10 Best Movies Like Catimini

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

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#1
Naked Childhood

Naked Childhood

1969★ 7.2

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

Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingl...

#2
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

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

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

#3
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Catimini 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...

#4
Short Term 12

Short Term 12

2013★ 7.8

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

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior b...

#5
In Safe Hands

In Safe Hands

2018★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Catimini 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...

#6
Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking

2008★ 6.0

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

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off wit...

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