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10 Best Movies Like Text

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

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#1
The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

2013★ 6.6

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

Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like ...

#2
Text for You

Text for You

2016★ 6.6

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

Sports writer Mark is baffled when he receives romantic text messages on his cell phone. What he does not know: His new number once belonged to the deceased boyfriend of Clara, who...

#3
Kicking and Screaming

Kicking and Screaming

1995★ 6.2

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

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several fri...

#4
Ordet

Ordet

1955★ 7.9

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

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, w...

#5
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

1896★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Text for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform...

#6
Dark Water

Dark Water

2002★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Text for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak....