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Movies Like All We Had

If you liked All We Had (2016), a drama movie directed by Katie Holmes, 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. 1My Zoe

    My Zoe (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle…

  2. 2Love You to Death

    Love You to Death (2019)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder.

  3. 3Skin

    Skin (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

  4. 4Hot Milk

    Hot Milk (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a…

  5. 5The Glass Castle

    The Glass Castle (2017)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind…

  6. 6Erin Brockovich

    Erin Brockovich (2000)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…

  7. 7The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  8. 8What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  9. 9Origin

    Origin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

  10. 10Rosie

    Rosie (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A mother strives to shield her young family from their new reality when their landlord sells the property and renders them homeless.

  11. 11TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  12. 12The River

    The River (1984)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…

  13. 13A Taste of Honey

    A Taste of Honey (1961)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her…

  14. 14Janet Planet

    Janet Planet (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all…

  15. 15The 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'.

  16. 16The 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…

  17. 17The Winter Guest

    The Winter Guest (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her…

  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. 19The Miracle Worker

    The Miracle Worker (2000)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.

  20. 20The Devil's Arithmetic

    The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports…

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