Movies Like Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)

Stuart: A Life Backwards is a 2007 drama, tv movie film from David Attwood with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Girl on the Train and Back to Black.

Drama TV Movie

The Girl on the Train

2016

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

6.4

MagicScore

Back to Black

2024

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

6.7

MagicScore

South Central

1992

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.

6.7

MagicScore

The Miracle Worker

1962

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

7.9

MagicScore

The Garden of Words

2013

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

7.6

MagicScore

The Long Goodbye

1973

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

7.4

MagicScore

The Kid

2010

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together again afterwards.

6.4

MagicScore

As You Are

2016

Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

6.9

MagicScore

BlackBerry

2023

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Rob Peace

2024

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

The Perfect Storm

2000

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

6.5

MagicScore

#12

What Josiah Saw

2021

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Red Joan

2018

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Ordinary Angels

2024

Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

7.7

MagicScore

#15

The Pursuit of Happyness

2006

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

7.9

MagicScore

#16

Basquiat

1996

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Sinners

2025

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Backrooms

2026

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

Miracle in Milan

1951

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Same Kind of Different as Me

2017

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Stuart: A Life Backwards?

The top films similar to Stuart: A Life Backwards by MovieMagicScore are The Girl on the Train (6.4), Back to Black (6.7), South Central (6.7). Each shares drama/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Stuart: A Life Backwards worth watching?

Stuart: A Life Backwards holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 209 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Stuart: A Life Backwards?

Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) is a drama, tv movie film directed by David Attwood, starring Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicola Duffett.

Where can I find more recommendations like Stuart: A Life Backwards?

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About movies like Stuart: A Life Backwards

This ranked list pairs Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007), a drama and tv movie film from David Attwood, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tom Hardy take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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