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10 Best Movies Like Dept

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

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#1
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#2
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#3
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#5
Inadequate People

Inadequate People

2010★ 7.1

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

A 30-year-old man, Vitaly, moves to Moscow in search of inner peace after struggling with personal and psychological issues. As he settles into a seemingly ordinary life, he forms ...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dept 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....

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