Movies like Capturing Mary (2007)
The best movies like Capturing Mary (2007) are Effie Gray (2014), Bringing Ashley Home (2011) and Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009). If Capturing Mary hooked you with its tv movie and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedA Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)6.8/10 from 448 votes
- NewestMoon Rock for Monday (2021)Released 2021
Effie Gray (2014)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBringing Ashley Home (2011)
When her wild younger sister Ashley, who suffers from bipolar disorder and drug addiction, goes missing, Libba Phillips pours all her time and energy into finding Ashley and bringing her home. As the years go by, Libba refuses to give up hope, and, at the expense of her marriage and career, Libba finds her calling in life: creating a much-needed resource center for other families whose missing loved ones have fallen through the cracks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009)
A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who died of a supposed overdose in the house more than 30 years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Beverly Lewis' The Confession (2013)
Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her identity - only to find herself embroiled in a mystery that must be solved before she can be reunited with the "Englisher" mother who gave her up to adoption 20 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIs Anybody There? (2009)
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Quiet Passion (2016)
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
A biopic of Agatha Christie including her 10 day disappearance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Noble (2014)
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlainsong (2004)
Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007)
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Winter Guest (1997)
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 daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNancy (2018)
Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Go-Between (2015)
An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Girl (1996)
Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiving Out Loud (2009)
A wife and mother, diagnosed with breast cancer, decides to truly live her life, which has become comfortable and predictable, and the family must adjust.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherrybaby (2006)
After serving time in prison, former drug addict Sherry Swanson returns home to reclaim her young daughter from family members who have been raising the child. Sherry's family, especially her sister-in-law, doubt Sherry's ability to be a good mother, and Sherry finds her resolve to stay clean slowly weakening.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMansfield Park (2007)
Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoon Rock for Monday (2021)
Set in Sydney, 1999, after an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young girl befriends a fugitive teenage boy and they travel to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Leonie (2010)
The true life story of Leonie Gilmour, whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Fanny Hill (2007)
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, in-living, on gentlemen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Expecting a Miracle (2009)
Botched directions lead a struggling couple to a small Mexican town whose residents have a positive effect on the pair's faltering marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
High Noon (2009)
Baltimore's top hostage negotiator embarks on a relationship with a man who could be her soulmate while racing to resolve a case that threatens her job and her life
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told (2015)
The POstables are on a mission to deliver a soldier's letter from Afghanistan to a teenager who's being relentlessly bullied, while Oliver's estranged father surprises him with news that shakes him to his core.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Tenth Man (1988)
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Capturing Mary?
The closest matches to Capturing Mary are Effie Gray (2014), Bringing Ashley Home (2011) and Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Capturing Mary?
People who watched Capturing Mary most often go on to Effie Gray (2014), Bringing Ashley Home (2011) and Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Capturing Mary?
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), rated 6.8/10 by 448 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Capturing Mary?
Moon Rock for Monday (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Capturing Mary?
Yes: Effie Gray (2014), Bringing Ashley Home (2011) and Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009).
How are movies similar to Capturing Mary chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Capturing Mary, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.