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10 Best Movies Like Don't Come Back from the Moon

If you loved Don't Come Back from the Moon, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow....

#2
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#3
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

#4
Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

1961★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the h...

#5
Julian Po

Julian Po

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is the...

#6
King Jack

King Jack

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Come Back from the Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ...

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