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10 Best Movies Like Dear Frankie

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

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#1
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005★ 6.7

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

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses...

#2
Cowboys

Cowboys

2020★ 6.2

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

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit....

#3
The Stray

The Stray

2017★ 6.1

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

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightnin...

#4
The Keeping Hours

The Keeping Hours

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Frankie for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an auth...

#5
The Babadook

The Babadook

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Frankie for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home....

#6
Julien Donkey-Boy

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999★ 7.0

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

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severe...

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