Movies Like Gnomes

If you liked Gnomes, a movie directed by Aidan Stafford Chesemore, 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
Poetic Justice (1993)
★ 6.7/10
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to attend a convention because of her broken-down car, Justice gets a lift…
2
After.Life (2009)
★ 6.3/10
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
3
Restless (2011)
★ 6.5/10
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
4
If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)
★ 7.7/10
Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.
5
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
★ 6.6/10
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
6
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7/10
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a…
7
Hamnet (2025)
★ 7.7/10
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
8
Reservation Road (2007)
★ 6.5/10
Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in…
9
Death at a Funeral (2007)
★ 6.9/10
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.
10
Rabbit Hole (2010)
★ 6.6/10
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
11
Lilting (2014)
★ 7/10
A young man of Chinese-Cambodian descent dies, leaving behind his isolated mother and his lover of four years. Though the two don't share a language, they grow close through their grief.
12
Love of Your Life (2026)
★ 6.8/10
After a chance encounter sparks a sweeping romance, Maya's future is suddenly upended, sending her on an unexpected journey to love and live again.
13
The Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
14
The Greatest Hits (2024)
★ 6.5/10
Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides…
15
Don't Look Now (1973)
★ 6.9/10
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
16
My Girl (1991)
★ 7.4/10
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J…
17
Still Life (2013)
★ 7.5/10
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
18
The Road Within (2014)
★ 6.8/10
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
19
Don't Make Me Go (2022)
★ 6.9/10
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
20
The Fallout (2021)
★ 7.5/10
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.