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10 Best Movies Like Mongrels

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

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#1
Failan

Failan

2001★ 7.2

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

After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well o...

#2
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#3
A Brand New Life

A Brand New Life

2009★ 7.3

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

Young Jin-hee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jin-hee desperately believes...

#4
Treeless Mountain

Treeless Mountain

2009★ 7.0

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

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father....

#5
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#6
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

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