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

Empire of the Sun
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo...

The Children of Huang Shi
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in...

Goodnight, Mister Tom
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond....

Kensuke's Kingdom
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrif...

In the Heat of the Sun
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to n...

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the m...