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10 Best Movies Like So Close Away

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#3
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#4
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#5
Scandalous Sex

Scandalous Sex

2004★ 6.9

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

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch ...

#6
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

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