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10 Best Movies Like Dakota

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

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#1
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#2
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

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

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#3
The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush

1974★ 5.8

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

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into stre...

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Cyrus

Cyrus

2010★ 5.9

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

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another ...

#6
Three Christs

Three Christs

2017★ 6.6

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

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ....

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