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10 Best Movies Like Closing Time

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

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#1
How High

How High

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closing Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas an...

#2
Smoke

Smoke

1995★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closing Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he w...

#3
Trainspotting

Trainspotting

1996★ 8.0

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

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane...

#4
The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closing Time for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her...

#5
Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

1995★ 7.3

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

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy ...

#6
Urchin

Urchin

2025★ 6.5

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

Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start...

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