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10 Best Movies Like Joshua

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

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#1
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992★ 6.9

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

A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to ...

#2
Inventing the Abbotts

Inventing the Abbotts

1997★ 6.3

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

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer...

#3
The Nanny

The Nanny

1965★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joshua for fans of Drama & Thriller & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses...

#4
Goodnight Mommy

Goodnight Mommy

2022★ 6.3

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

When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their m...

#5
The Savages

The Savages

2007★ 6.9

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

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father....

#6
Bring Her Back

Bring Her Back

2025★ 7.3

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

Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret....

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