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10 Best Movies Like The Art of Return

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

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#1
Spanish Affair

Spanish Affair

2014★ 6.6

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

Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known....

#2
On a Magical Night

On a Magical Night

2019★ 6.2

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

After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the...

#3
Return of the Prodigal Son

Return of the Prodigal Son

1976★ 6.4

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

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclectici...

#4
American Psycho

American Psycho

2000★ 7.4

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

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...