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10 Best Movies Like Gloriana

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

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#1
Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009★ 6.6

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

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopte...

#2
Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

2009★ 6.9

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

#3
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

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

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

#4
Evelyn

Evelyn

2002★ 6.4

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

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the child...

#5
The Blind Side

The Blind Side

2009★ 7.7

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

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family....

#6
Someone Like You

Someone Like You

2024★ 7.4

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

Shocking news hits after young architect Dawson loses his best friend London. In his heartbreak, Dawson is compelled to launch an impossible search for London’s secret sister, twin...

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