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10 Best Movies Like Into the Wild

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

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#1
In Bruges

In Bruges

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Into the Wild for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the missi...

#2
The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

2007★ 7.3

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

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble....

#3
A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

2001★ 7.9

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

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking disco...

#4
The Intouchables

The Intouchables

2011★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Into the Wild for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects....

#5
Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

1989★ 8.3

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

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, cour...

#6
Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland

2004★ 7.3

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

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead ...