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10 Best Movies Like Abel

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

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#1
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Abel 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....

#2
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#5
Rancho Notorious

Rancho Notorious

1952★ 6.5

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

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a pric...

#6
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

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