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10 Best Movies Like The Unwanted

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

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#1
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#2
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#3
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#5
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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