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10 Best Movies Like Tender Mercies

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

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#1
Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

1959★ 7.3

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

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Cather...

#2
Bull Durham

Bull Durham

1988★ 6.6

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

Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start ...

#3
Kingpin

Kingpin

1996★ 6.5

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

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish...

#4
A Passage to India

A Passage to India

1984★ 6.8

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

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English edu...

#5
Farewell to the Ark

Farewell to the Ark

1984★ 6.7

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

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love ea...

#6
Down by Law

Down by Law

1986★ 7.3

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

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans....