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10 Best Movies Like The Orphan

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

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#1
The Principal

The Principal

1987★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - wh...

#2
Dragon Tiger Gate

Dragon Tiger Gate

2006★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice....

#3
Dope

Dope

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an undergro...

#4
Spontaneous

Spontaneous

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last....

#5
Lean On Me

Lean On Me

1989★ 7.3

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

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to tur...

#6
Old Boys

Old Boys

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher...

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