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.

The Souvenir
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....

Postcards from the Edge
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....

Four Good Days
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....

Beautiful Boy
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...

Riding in Cars with Boys
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....

The Chronology of Water
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...