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10 Best Movies Like Fighting Back

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

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fighting Back 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....

#4
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#5
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#6
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.6

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

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