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10 Best Movies Like Failed to Appear

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

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#1
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#2
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019★ 6.8

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

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school....

#3
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

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

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#4
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#5
Afterlife of the Party

Afterlife of the Party

2021★ 6.7

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

A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth....

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Failed to Appear 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....

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