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10 Best Movies Like The Great Gilly Hopkins

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

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#1
Anne at 13,000 Ft.

Anne at 13,000 Ft.

2021★ 5.9

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

Anne hasn't been the same since the jump. While skydiving for her best friend Sarah's bachelorette party, the 27-year-old felt focused, free, above it all. Back on the ground, the ...

#2
Saint George

Saint George

2017★ 6.6

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

In 2011 Portugal began the so-called "year of the Troika" (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching stag...

#3
Phantom of the Theatre

Phantom of the Theatre

2016★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Gilly Hopkins for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-op...

#4
A Memory in My Heart

A Memory in My Heart

1999★ 5.6

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

Jane Seymour stars in this made-for-TV drama as Rebecca Blake, a bookstore employee who lives contently in San Pedro, California with her construction-worker husband Joe (A Martine...

#5
London Town

London Town

2017★ 6.1

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

A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London....

#6
How Sarah Got Her Wings

How Sarah Got Her Wings

2015★ 5.9

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

Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shoc...