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10 Best Movies Like Gesto

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

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#1
Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986★ 6.9

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

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial ...

#2
CODA

CODA

2021★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gesto 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...

#3
Sound of Metal

Sound of Metal

2020★ 7.7

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

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addic...

#4
The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

1962★ 7.9

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

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed...

#5
Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

1984★ 6.3

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

Miles Harding buys a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing conscious thought and emotion after an interaction with spilled champagne. Things begin getting out of hand wh...

#6
Play It Again, Sam

Play It Again, Sam

1972★ 7.5

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

A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphre...

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