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10 Best Movies Like Departure

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

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#1
Tattoo

Tattoo

2013★ 7.6

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

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must de...

#2
A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World

2004★ 6.4

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

Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and t...

#3
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964★ 7.1

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

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich....

#4
The Falls: Covenant of Grace

The Falls: Covenant of Grace

2016★ 6.6

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

Chris and RJ, former Mormon missionaries who fell in love seven years ago, are struggling to make their relationship work amid conflicts with their families and their faith. Determ...

#5
Akron

Akron

2015★ 7.2

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

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they e...

#6
Giant Little Ones

Giant Little Ones

2019★ 7.1

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

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th...