Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Bench

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

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#1
Tideland

Tideland

2005★ 6.5

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

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination....

#2
The Starling Girl

The Starling Girl

2023★ 6.4

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

17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church....

#3
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945★ 7.6

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

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by h...

#4
Thirteen

Thirteen

2003★ 6.7

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

When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long...

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

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