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Movies Like My Name Is Emily

If you liked My Name Is Emily (2016), a drama movie directed by Simon Fitzmaurice, 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. 1The Shack

    The Shack (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.

  2. 2Father Mother Sister Brother

    Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

  3. 3Aftersun

    Aftersun (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with…

  4. 4Premonition

    Premonition (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A depressed housewife who learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the day after to a world in which he is still…

  5. 5Fathers and Daughters

    Fathers and Daughters (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

  6. 6After Yang

    After Yang (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting…

  7. 7Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.

  8. 8The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

  9. 9Dad

    Dad (1989)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the…

  10. 10Here

    Here (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

  11. 11Manchester by the Sea

    Manchester by the Sea (2016)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where…

  12. 12The Secret Life of Bees

    The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…

  13. 13The Greatest

    The Greatest (2009)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Teenagers Rose and Bennett were in love, and then a car crash claimed Bennett's life. He left behind a grieving mother, father and younger brother, and Rose was left all alone. She has no family to turn to for support…

  14. 14Nomadland

    Nomadland (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

  15. 15Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

  16. 16Ordinary Angels

    Ordinary Angels (2024)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

  17. 17Black or White

    Black or White (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.

  18. 18White Oleander

    White Oleander (2002)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

  19. 19Breakthrough

    Breakthrough (2019)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his…

  20. 20Whale Rider

    Whale Rider (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

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