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10 Best Movies Like Ordinary Children

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

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#1
Charlotte Necklace

Charlotte Necklace

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary Children for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While investigating a murder KGB detectives discover a criminal group which transfers a stolen artworks abroad ....

#2
How the Steel Was Tempered

How the Steel Was Tempered

1973★ 3.5

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

The path of a young revolutionary during the formation of Soviet power during the Bolshevik coup....

#3
The Overcoat

The Overcoat

2018★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary Children for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghost...

#4
Ascendancy

Ascendancy

1983★ 4.6

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

Ascendancy is a 1983 British film. It tells the story of a woman who is a member of the British landowning 'Ascendancy' in Ireland during World War I. Gradually, she learns about t...

#5
Utburd

Utburd

2014★ 3.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

"Utburd" is the myth about the children abandoned in the woods to die. Adrian is trying to depict this tale of old in his second novel, but he is suffering from total writer's bloc...

#6
Summer In December - the Movie

Summer In December - the Movie

2021★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ordinary Children for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An adaptation of the classic album "Summer in December" chronicling the journey of rapper Graham Winters as he starts a new life in New York....