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10 Best Movies Like Hell and Back

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

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#1
Pride

Pride

2007★ 6.6

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

Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as th...

#2
Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell and Back for fans of Animation & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Your favourite teddy bear. That model kit that took so long to complete. The picture book you used to read over and over again. The shining stone you found that day in the park. Wh...

#3
Coda

Coda

2013★ 7.3

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

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things....

#4
Coffee and Cigarettes III

Coffee and Cigarettes III

1997★ 7.0

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

This shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agreed to do that in the first pla...

#5
Boot Camp

Boot Camp

2008★ 5.9

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

A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in...

#6
Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time

2015★ 7.3

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

A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake ...