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10 Best Movies Like Ben Is Back

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

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#1
The Ideal Palace

The Ideal Palace

2019★ 6.9

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

Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years....

#2
The Match

The Match

2020★ 5.7

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

One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons....

#3
What They Had

What They Had

2018★ 6.5

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

A woman must fly back to her hometown when her Alzheimer's-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The return home forces her to confront her past....

#4
Aloft

Aloft

2014★ 5.3

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

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and...

#5
Black Sheep

Black Sheep

2018★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ben Is Back for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to ...

#6
A Christmas Switch

A Christmas Switch

2018★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ben Is Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Christmas works its magic in this body-switching holiday tale about two very different moms who find that help is where you least expect it, and most need it. When struggling singe...