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10 Best Movies Like His Last Word

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

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#1
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004★ 6.5

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

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van ...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

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

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

#4
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to His Last Word 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
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

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