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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
Icefall

Icefall

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bench for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen...

#2
The Longshots

The Longshots

2008★ 6.4

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

The true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history....

#3
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

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

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because h...

#4
The Lie

The Lie

2018★ 6.4

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

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions...

#5
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973★ 7.0

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

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh....

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The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991★ 7.3

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

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, tur...

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