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10 Best Movies Like 1982

If you loved 1982, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Souvenir

The Souvenir

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man....

#2
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment....

#3
Four Good Days

Four Good Days

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mother helps her daughter work through four crucial days of recovery from substance abuse....

#4
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to metha...

#5
Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father....

#6
The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1982 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice throug...

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