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10 Best Movies Like Route 42

If you loved Route 42, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

#2
Head Full of Honey

Head Full of Honey

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him....

#3
Kodachrome

Kodachrome

2017★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can deve...

#4
Road to Paloma

Road to Paloma

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with ...

#5
Ana

Ana

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse....

#6
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Route 42 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves st...

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