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10 Best Movies Like To Be Alone

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

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#1
A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

1963★ 6.8

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

Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staf...

#2
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Alone for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses...

#3
Stanley & Iris

Stanley & Iris

1990★ 6.5

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

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, ...

#4
Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

2009★ 6.3

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

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician....

#5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Be Alone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a seco...

#6
The Babysitters

The Babysitters

2008★ 6.0

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

Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy wit...

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