Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ellen

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

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#1
Anniversary

Anniversary

2025★ 6.8

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

When Ellen and Paul’s son Josh introduces his new girlfriend at their 25th anniversary party, no one suspects that it is the beginning of the end for this happy family. The new gir...

#2
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Gracie

Gracie

2007★ 6.2

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

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer....

#5
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#6
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

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