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10 Best Movies Like The Adopted Son

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

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#1
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#2
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

2016★ 7.4

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

Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds tr...

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

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