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10 Best Movies Like Gold Dust

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

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#1
Candy

Candy

2006★ 7.1

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

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationsh...

#2
Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero

1987★ 6.4

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

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit....

#3
Oslo, August 31st

Oslo, August 31st

2011★ 7.5

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

A recovering drug addict is granted a day’s leave from rehab and returns to Oslo, where he reconnects with friends, faces the weight of his past, and struggles with uncertainty abo...

#4
The Way Back

The Way Back

2020★ 6.6

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

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a dispara...

#5
A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

2019★ 6.1

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

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota....

#6
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018★ 7.5

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

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to metha...

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