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10 Best Movies Like Hands

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

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#1
My Policeman

My Policeman

2022★ 7.6

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

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship ...

#2
August

August

2011★ 5.8

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

August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and...

#3
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

2020★ 6.8

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

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths....

#4
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

#6
Akron

Akron

2015★ 7.2

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

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they e...

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