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10 Best Movies Like When the Smoke Clears

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#5
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#6
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Smoke Clears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

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