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10 Best Movies Like The Cure

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

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#1
Mud

Mud

2013★ 7.1

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

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse....

#2
Buddies

Buddies

1985★ 8.2

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

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and fa...

#3
A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It

1992★ 7.0

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

The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part co...

#4
Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

1998★ 6.8

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

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and T...

#5
The Reivers

The Reivers

1969★ 6.3

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

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of...

#6
Edge of the City

Edge of the City

1957★ 7.1

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

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive an...

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