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10 Best Movies Like Clean State

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Clean State 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....

#2
My Girl

My Girl

1991★ 7.4

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

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the su...

#3
Mrs Lowry & Son

Mrs Lowry & Son

2019★ 6.4

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

An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all ...

#4
Black or White

Black or White

2015★ 6.8

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

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life....

#5
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#6
Christmas Cottage

Christmas Cottage

2008★ 6.3

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

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist ...

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