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10 Best Movies Like Passage to Buddha

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

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#1
Rose Plays Julie

Rose Plays Julie

2021★ 5.8

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

A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that...

#2
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#3
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#4
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#5
Remember

Remember

2015★ 7.4

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

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family....

#6
Bring Me Home

Bring Me Home

2019★ 6.7

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

Jung-yeon receives a tip-off that her son who went missing six years ago is in a fishing village. Local officers get in her way, trying to cover up a secret that might be related t...

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