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10 Best Movies Like Diary for My Children

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

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#1
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

2009★ 6.5

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

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement...

#2
An American Rhapsody

An American Rhapsody

2001★ 6.4

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

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter ...

#3
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#5
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#6
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

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