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10 Best Movies Like Distances

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

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#1
Cowboys

Cowboys

2020★ 6.2

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

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit....

#2
Munchausen

Munchausen

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distances for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far....

#3
CODA

CODA

2021★ 7.9

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

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her...

#4
When You Finish Saving the World

When You Finish Saving the World

2023★ 5.8

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

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a bri...

#5
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

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

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

#6
Stutterer

Stutterer

2015★ 7.4

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

A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear....

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