Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Gap

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

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#1
Ice Castles

Ice Castles

2010★ 6.3

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

Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, an...

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gap 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
In a Land That No Longer Exists

In a Land That No Longer Exists

2022★ 6.2

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

It's 1989 in East Berlin: Suzie is kicked out of school shortly before she graduates from high school and has to defend herself as a worker in the cable factory. However, a randoml...

#4
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#5
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
Dirt Music

Dirt Music

2020★ 6.2

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

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affai...

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