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10 Best Movies Like Promise

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

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#1
True Colors

True Colors

1991★ 6.2

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

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics....

#2
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#3
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
The Adults

The Adults

2023★ 6.2

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

Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it i...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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