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10 Best Movies Like Rut

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

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#1
My Zoe

My Zoe

2019★ 6.5

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

Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy ...

#2
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

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

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#6
Good Day, Ramon

Good Day, Ramon

2013★ 7.9

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

After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without k...

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