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10 Best Movies Like Five Years

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

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#1
Camp X-Ray

Camp X-Ray

2014★ 6.7

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

A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is f...

#2
The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

2021★ 7.4

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

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a ...

#3
Chuck

Chuck

2017★ 6.2

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

A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner....

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Years 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
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#6
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974★ 7.3

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

The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact excep...

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