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10 Best Movies Like Departures

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#2
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#5
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#6
Fast Girls

Fast Girls

2012★ 6.1

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

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete....

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