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10 Best Movies Like 4 Minute Mile

If you loved 4 Minute Mile, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Deep End

The Deep End

2001★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning s...

#2
In This Corner of the World

In This Corner of the World

2016★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation...

#3
Divines

Divines

2016★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footste...

#4
Race

Race

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he...

#5
Hunter Killer

Hunter Killer

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war....

#6
Boyhood

Boyhood

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 4 Minute Mile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, ...