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10 Best Movies Like The Setting Son

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

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#1
Avatar

Avatar

2006★ 5.9

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

Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him....

#2
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

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

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...

#3
The Hourglass Sanatorium

The Hourglass Sanatorium

1973★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Setting Son 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...

#4
Capturing Avatar

Capturing Avatar

2010★ 7.0

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

Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far bac...

#5
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Setting Son 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...

#6
Lee's Adventures

Lee's Adventures

2009★ 7.2

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

A video game nerd must beat through the game in order to time travel and meet his ex-girlfriend once more before they were apart....