Movies Like For the Love of Nancy

If you liked For the Love of Nancy (1994), a drama and tv movie movie directed by Paul Schneider, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Starving in Suburbia (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and tv movie
A 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.
2
Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and tv movie
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
4
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
5
To the Bone (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
6
The Christmas Shoes (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie
Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second…
7
The Miracle Worker (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and tv movie
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.
8
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and tv movie
A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.
9
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
10
...First Do No Harm (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she…
11
Sybil (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
12
Locke & Key (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and drama
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
13
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
★ 7/10Also drama
The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.
14
Cheaters (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
15
Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movie
When a musical dragon with a beautiful voice hypnotizes the dragons and people of Huttsgalor, the Rescue Riders have to find a way to break the spell.
16
Cake (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
17
Return to Zero (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv movie
Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.
18
Anne of Green Gables (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and tv movie
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
19
Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
20
Best of the Best (1989)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?