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10 Best Movies Like The Wild Child

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

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#1
The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

1976★ 6.8

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

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still ...

#2
Miss Violet

Miss Violet

2024★ 6.9

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

France. End of the 19th century. Louise Violet 40, a Parisian teacher, is sent on a mission to the French countryside. But in a place where the daily life is linked to the seasons...

#3
Song for a Raggy Boy

Song for a Raggy Boy

2003★ 7.3

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

William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Frankli...

#4
Colette

Colette

2018★ 6.9

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

After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artis...

#5
Experimenter

Experimenter

2015★ 6.5

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

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affa...

#6
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1998★ 7.2

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

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean fi...

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