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10 Best Movies Like 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#3
Ice Castles

Ice Castles

2010★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, an...

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#5
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#6
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997: Rustem's Notes with Drawings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

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