10 Best Movies Like Breaking Away
If you loved Breaking Away, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Birdman of Alcatraz
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning wh...
The Concorde... Airport '79
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps....
Satisfaction
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
When a young rock group called The Mystery gets its first gig at a club, it's an opportunity to see what life is all about. Fresh out of high school, the rockers are hired by an ex...
The Miracle of P. Tinto
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a child of their own more than anything else in the world. Years of trying, however, have left them with nothing but a pair of...
Avalon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But...
Lucky Three: An Elliott Smith Portrait
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking Away for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Described as "a cross between a video and a documentary, but actually being neither of the two", singer/songwriter Elliott Smith plays three acoustic songs in this Jem Cohen-direct...