10 Best Movies Like Joy
If you loved Joy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine....

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence....

My Zoe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy ...

Higher Ground
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Ins...

The Hill
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball (MLB) player....

Amina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Joy for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story....