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Movies like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah (2009)

The best movies like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah (2009) are The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), The Borrowers (1997) and Abe (2020). If Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)

    Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Borrowers (1997)

    The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Abe (2020)

    A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Hope and Glory (1987)

    A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Since You Went Away (1944)

    In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Sketch (2025)

    When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to unleash.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. House (1985)

    A divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Slumberland (2022)

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

    A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Night Always Comes (2025)

    Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

    "Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Iron Will (1994)

    When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Warcraft (2016)

    The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Bed Rest (2023)

    After struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers becomes pregnant and moves into a new home with her husband. She's ordered to mandatory bed rest, and begins seeing ghostly happenings throughout the house.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Candy Cane Lane (2023)

    Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Shorts (2009)

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  17. Max Winslow and The House of Secrets (2020)

    Five teenagers compete to win a mansion owned by entrepreneur and scientist Atticus Virtue. To win the teens must face-off against a super computer named HAVEN who controls the mansion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)

    Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to escape her past, Helena is forced to face her demons when her father unexpectedly escapes from prison.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

    When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Shirley (2024)

    Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah?

The closest matches to Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah are The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), The Borrowers (1997) and Abe (2020). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah?

Start with The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), the closest match to Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah.

What is the highest-rated movie like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah?

Slumberland (2022), rated 7.2/10 by 999 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah?

Night Always Comes (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah?

Yes: The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), The Borrowers (1997) and Abe (2020).

How are movies similar to Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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