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10 Best Movies Like Going Back

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

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#1
Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

1986★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going Back for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as per...

#2
First Man

First Man

2018★ 7.0

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

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969....

#3
The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986★ 6.3

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

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Er...

#4
Heart of the Country

Heart of the Country

2013★ 6.2

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

With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older...

#5
Wakefield

Wakefield

2017★ 6.1

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

A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months....

#6
Little Bone Lodge

Little Bone Lodge

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going Back for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the h...

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