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10 Best Movies Like The Open Road

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

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#1
October Sky

October Sky

1999★ 7.7

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

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes....

#2
Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre

2006★ 6.5

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

Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so...

#3
Guest Artist

Guest Artist

2019★ 4.7

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

Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Yorker is a young, aspiring wri...

#4
In Time

In Time

2011★ 7.0

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

In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The ...

#5
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014★ 8.5

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

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....