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10 Best Movies Like Not Without My Daughter

If you loved Not Without My Daughter, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Murphy's Romance

Murphy's Romance

1985★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when ...

#2
Nils Karlsson Pyssling

Nils Karlsson Pyssling

1990★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Based on the novel with the same name by Astrid Lindgren. Lonely little Bertil befriends the tiny Nils Karlsson-Däumling, who lives in a mouse hole under his bed and teaches him a ...

#3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences....

#4
Mother at War

Mother at War

2020★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlis...

#5
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

1964★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's f...

#6
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Without My Daughter for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...