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10 Best Movies Like Martian Child

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

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#1
Instant Family

Instant Family

2018★ 7.5

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

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including...

#2
Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

1981★ 5.8

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

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-...

#3
December Boys

December Boys

2007★ 6.0

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

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend...

#4
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Martian Child 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...

#5
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Martian Child 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...

#6
Nowhere Special

Nowhere Special

2020★ 7.2

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

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is give...

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