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10 Best Movies Like Once

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

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#1
Good One

Good One

2024★ 6.5

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

On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend....

#2
God's Not Dead

God's Not Dead

2014★ 6.0

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

After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him....

#3
Bergman Island

Bergman Island

2021★ 6.3

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

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of pilgrimage to the place that inspired Ingmar Berg...

#4
Bedrooms and Hallways

Bedrooms and Hallways

1998★ 6.0

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

At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members....

#5
A Perfect Ending

A Perfect Ending

2012★ 6.2

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

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield ...

#6
Shag

Shag

1989★ 6.1

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

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend....

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