Movies like Norman: 20 to watch next

If you loved Norman (2010) — a drama film directed by Jonathan Segal — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Norman most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Bastard Out of Carolina 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Iron Jawed Angels 2004★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
3
Hardball 2001★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Hounddog 2008★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Blackbird 2019★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Gracie 2007★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Alex of Venice 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
The Young One 1960★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Goodbye June 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Stream in India on Netflix
10
Dear Zoe 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Tess enlists her biological father – a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks – and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
All Day and a Night 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Stream in India on Netflix
12
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Stream in India on Plex
13
A Dry White Season 1989★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
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.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
14
The Safety of Objects 2002★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
American Son 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
Stream in India on Netflix
16
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Cardboard Boxer 2016★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Three Christs 2017★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Inside I'm Dancing 2004★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
Imperial Dreams 2014★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now