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10 Best Movies Like The Return

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

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#1
Sunshine Follows Rain

Sunshine Follows Rain

1946★ 5.5

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

The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fi...

#2
The Return

The Return

1973★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Return for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Experimental animated short about a man returning by train....

#3
Harakiri

Harakiri

1919★ 5.8

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

The daughter of a daimyo, one forced to commit harakiri to secure her a future to choose her own destiny, falls in love with and marries a European officer. The officer returns to ...

#4
Four Walls

Four Walls

1928★ 7.3

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

After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight....

#5
Hello

Hello

2013★ 6.1

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

I wouldn't answer if I were you' Hello is the story of a young lady who falls prey to an evil killer.. alone in her apartment, eagerly awaiting the return of her boyfriend, the pho...

#6
Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

2014★ 8.5

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

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They we...