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10 Best Movies Like Lonely

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

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#1
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987★ 7.9

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

Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and fin...

#2
The Last Song

The Last Song

2010★ 7.2

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

A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to re...

#3
Departure

Departure

2016★ 6.4

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

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexua...

#4
Rip Girls

Rip Girls

2000★ 6.3

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

A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds f...

#5
Christmas Cottage

Christmas Cottage

2008★ 6.3

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

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist ...

#6
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.8

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

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