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10 Best Movies Like Looking for Simon

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

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#1
Stillwater

Stillwater

2021★ 6.6

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

Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit....

#2
Palermo Shooting

Palermo Shooting

2008★ 6.2

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

After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woma...

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#4
In a Land That No Longer Exists

In a Land That No Longer Exists

2022★ 6.2

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

It's 1989 in East Berlin: Suzie is kicked out of school shortly before she graduates from high school and has to defend herself as a worker in the cable factory. However, a randoml...

#5
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#6
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

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