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10 Best Movies Like Bright Summer Days

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

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#1
Home

Home

2021★ 6.7

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

An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past....

#2
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Summer Days 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...

#3
The Return

The Return

2003★ 6.8

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

A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn....

#4
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

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Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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