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Movies Like Don't Cry

If you liked Don't Cry (2023), a drama movie directed by Akseli Leppänen, 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. 1One Hour Photo

    One Hour Photo (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Sy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of…

  2. 2I'm Your Woman

    I'm Your Woman (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

  3. 3The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

  4. 4The Great Lie

    The Great Lie (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

  5. 5Losing Isaiah

    Losing Isaiah (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted…

  6. 6Double Mommy

    Double Mommy (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a paternity test, they find out that…

  7. 7Wasp

    Wasp (2003)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Zoë is a single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford. She is poor and can't afford to buy food. One day her old flame drives by and asks her to go on a date with him. Scared that he doesn't want to go…

  8. 8Philomena

    Philomena (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

  9. 9Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies (1996)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

  10. 10Nocturnal Animals

    Nocturnal Animals (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics…

  11. 11The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  12. 12Hard Candy

    Hard Candy (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s…

  13. 13The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the…

  14. 14Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  15. 15Triage

    Triage (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

  16. 16Changeling

    Changeling (2008)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her…

  17. 17Room

    Room (2015)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

  18. 18The Gift

    The Gift (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

  19. 19Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

  20. 20Mad City

    Mad City (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

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