Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Getting Close

If you loved Getting Close, 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 Getting Close 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
Helen

Helen

2009★ 6.5

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

On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depressio...

#3
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#4
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Getting Close 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
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Getting Close 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...

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