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10 Best Movies Like August 32nd on Earth

If you loved August 32nd on Earth, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Maelström

Maelström

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young woman's life spirals into chaos after she is involved in a hit-and-run accident. Then she encounters a mysterious man named Evian who offers her an opportunity for redempti...

#2
The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

1960★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice presid...

#3
Damnation

Damnation

1988★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existen...

#4
Wagon Master

Wagon Master

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the jou...

#5
Days of Darkness

Days of Darkness

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job with...

#6
Cosmos

Cosmos

1996★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August 32nd on Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might ...