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10 Best Movies Like Hard to Place

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

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#1
Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking

2008★ 6.0

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

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off wit...

#2
Short Term 12

Short Term 12

2013★ 7.8

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

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior b...

#3
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

2013★ 7.1

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

Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities....

#4
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

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

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

#5
Please Don't Feed the Children

Please Don't Feed the Children

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard to Place for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harb...

#6
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hard to Place for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

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