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10 Best Movies Like The Charles Effect

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

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#1
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#6
Newness

Newness

2017★ 6.0

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

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries....

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