15 Movies Like Julia Is

Loved Julia Is? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Second Origin
#1

Second Origin

After a massive destruction on Earth, a white girl Alba (14) and a black boy Didac (9), are the only survivors on the Earth. They must start a new world. A Second Origin. Population is over. There are only two survivors. Now, our future depends on them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Julia Is.

Hounddog
#2

Hounddog

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Bastard Out of Carolina
#3

Bastard Out of Carolina

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

The Girl in the Book
#4

The Girl in the Book

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

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

The Trials of Cate McCall
#5

The Trials of Cate McCall

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Starving in Suburbia
#6

Starving in Suburbia

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

The Safety of Objects
#7

The Safety of Objects

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
#8

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

I Believe in Unicorns
#9

I Believe in Unicorns

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Iron Jawed Angels
#10

Iron Jawed Angels

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

A Dry White Season
#11

A Dry White Season

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Return
#12

Return

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
#13

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.

Wolfgang
#14

Wolfgang

Wolfgang, a 9-year-old boy with an IQ of 125, is forced to live with his father, Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother. He has one obsession, to run away to Paris to study at the Grimald Academy and become the best pianist in the world. But what Wolfgang doesn’t know is that the biggest challenge is right in front of him and that is to get along with his father.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Julia Is.

Strange Weather
#15

Strange Weather

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Julia Is.