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10 Best Movies Like Open Spaces

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

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#1
Summer of '42

Summer of '42

1971★ 6.7

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

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the marr...

#2
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.1

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#3
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009★ 5.9

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

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdow...

#4
Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

1966★ 6.7

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

On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems...

#5
Venus

Venus

2006★ 6.6

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

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the ...

#6
Starlet

Starlet

2012★ 6.8

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

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale....

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