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Movies Like A Common Story

If you liked A Common Story (2026), a drama movie directed by Anna Foglietta, 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. 1Things We Don't Say

    Things We Don't Say (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally published editorials. They live in…

  2. 2Bad Tales

    Bad Tales (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illusion: in the houses, courtyards and…

  3. 3The Dinner

    The Dinner (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and…

  4. 4A Daughter

    A Daughter (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A middle-aged man, Pietro, becomes a widower and must take care of his daughter. He will never have the time to delve into his own pain, committing himself to raising his daughter with love and dedication, in an…

  5. 5The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  6. 6The Family

    The Family (1987)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And…

  7. 7The Hidden Child

    The Hidden Child (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Gabriele Santoro is a Professor of Pianoforte at the Music Conservatory San Pietro a Majella who lives in a working-class area of the city. One morning, while shaving his beard, the postman buzzes at the intercom to…

  8. 8Misunderstood

    Misunderstood (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her…

  9. 9The Roof

    The Roof (1956)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed…

  10. 10Along the Ridge

    Along the Ridge (2006)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.

  11. 11Sweetheart

    Sweetheart (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A reluctant summer together transforms into an enchanting adventure when a young boy discovers his aunt's mysterious Sicilian house holds secrets and, perhaps, ancient spirits lurking within its walls.

  12. 12Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment…

  13. 13Everything's Gonna Be Alright

    Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Bruno Salvati is a director of little success, fresh from the separation from his wife Anna with whom he had two children, the twenty-year-old Adele and the seventeen-year-old Tito. Following a sudden illness, Bruno is…

  14. 14A Chiara

    A Chiara (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the…

  15. 15What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

  16. 16Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine (1990)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

  17. 17Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  18. 18Holy Lands

    Holy Lands (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…

  19. 19Dormant Beauty

    Dormant Beauty (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.

  20. 20The Mass Is Ended

    The Mass Is Ended (1985)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Young Father Giulio returns to Rome, where he was born and raised, to replace a priest who has left the clergy to start a family. He is delighted to reunite with his loved ones, especially his mother, sister, and old…

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