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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
The Return

The Return

2012‱★ 6.0

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

A man comes back from a Serb prison to his wife and son. A lot has changed since he was declared missing. Continuing where they left off four years ago may not be as easy as it see...

#2
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024‱★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#3
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020‱★ 6.0

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

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#4
No End

No End

1985‱★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#5
Florence Fight Club

Florence Fight Club

2015‱★ 7.4

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

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship....

#6
The Hourglass Sanatorium

The Hourglass Sanatorium

1973‱★ 7.5

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

Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his mem...