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10 Best Movies Like The Long Excuse

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

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#1
Black or White

Black or White

2015★ 6.8

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

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life....

#2
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

2010★ 6.7

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

Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident....

#3
Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

2010★ 6.9

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

After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie....

#4
A Home of Our Own

A Home of Our Own

1993★ 6.9

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

In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all...

#5
This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

2014★ 6.6

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

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along w...

#6
The Keeping Hours

The Keeping Hours

2017★ 7.0

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

A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an auth...

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