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Movies Like The Kid with a Bike

If you liked The Kid with a Bike (2011), a drama movie directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 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. 1Radio Flyer

    Radio Flyer (1992)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands…

  2. 2Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist (1948)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin…

  3. 3Unbreakable

    Unbreakable (2000)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers…

  4. 4An Unfinished Life

    An Unfinished Life (2005)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Stoic and heartbroken, Einar Gilkyson quietly lives in the rugged Wyoming ranchlands alongside his only trusted friend, Mitch Bradley. One day, the woman he blames for the death of his only son arrives at his door…

  5. 5Short Term 12

    Short Term 12 (2013)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

  6. 6Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a…

  7. 7John Q

    John Q (2002)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a…

  8. 8Second Best

    Second Best (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.

  9. 9Creed III

    Creed III (2023)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is…

  10. 10Losing 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…

  11. 11Hard Miles

    Hard Miles (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A strong-willed social worker at a youth prison assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy Cycling…

  12. 12Lion

    Lion (2016)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his…

  13. 13Adopt a Highway

    Adopt a Highway (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn…

  14. 14A Perfect World

    A Perfect World (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

  15. 15The Judge

    The Judge (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

  16. 16Small Country: An African Childhood

    Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in…

  17. 17Midnight Special

    Midnight Special (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

  18. 18Cassandra's Dream

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

  19. 19The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  20. 20The Sugarland Express

    The Sugarland Express (1974)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his…

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