If You Liked Helen, Watch These Next
Finished Helen (2009) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Helen, most of them are drama.
Everything on this page has a home release and plays right here on Rotten Brains — pick one and press play. No sign-up, and a free account only adds resume and history.
19 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Girl in the Book(2015)
5.8DramaAlso drama
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Watch now
2.Call Me Crazy: A Five Film(2013)
7.0DramaAlso drama
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Watch now
3.Fathers and Daughters(2015)
7.2DramaAlso drama
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Watch now
4.The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds(1972)
7.3DramaAlso drama
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly…
Watch now
5.Mr. Church(2016)
7.4DramaAlso drama
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
Watch now
6.Third Star(2010)
7.0DramaAlso drama
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Watch now
7.The Sound of Silence(2019)
5.8DramaAlso drama
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Watch now
8.Nothing Personal(2009)
6.5DramaAlso drama
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where…
Watch now
9.The Caveman's Valentine(2001)
5.9DramaMysteryThrillerAlso drama
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but…
Watch now
10.A Question of Faith(2017)
7.5DramaAlso drama
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Watch now
11.The Secret Life of Bees(2008)
7.5FamilyAdventureDramaAlso drama
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's…
Watch now
12.Synecdoche, New York(2008)
7.5DramaAlso drama
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Watch now
13.Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere(2025)
6.6DramaMusicAlso drama
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
Watch now
14.Killer's Kiss(1955)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso drama
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced…
Watch now
16.The Pumpkin Eater(1964)
6.7DramaAlso drama
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Watch now
17.Madame X(1966)
6.4DramaCrimeAlso drama
Holly Parker, the wife of a wealthy diplomat, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who has been romantically pursuing her. She is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity in order to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with…
Watch now
18.Winged Creatures(2009)
5.9CrimeDramaAlso drama
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A…
Watch now
19.Before I Fall(2017)
7.0DramaFantasyAlso drama
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
Watch now