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10 Best Movies Like Petals on the Wind

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

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#1
If There Be Thorns

If There Be Thorns

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Petals on the Wind for fans of TV Movie & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents' relationship. But when a mysteriou...

#2
Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Petals on the Wind for fans of TV Movie & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother....

#3
Seeds of Yesterday

Seeds of Yesterday

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Petals on the Wind for fans of TV Movie & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store a...

#4
Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

1939★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Petals on the Wind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and rep...

#5
Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday

1954★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Petals on the Wind for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who ...

#6
For Those I Loved

For Those I Loved

1983★ 6.9

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

Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family....