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10 Best Movies Like Washington Heights

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

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#1
Heights

Heights

2005★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day....

#2
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#3
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#4
London

London

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend....

#5
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

#6
Newness

Newness

2017★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Washington Heights for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries....

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