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10 Best Movies Like Wormwood

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

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#1
Désirée

Désirée

1954★ 6.5

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

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to ...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994★ 6.1

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

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boost...

#4
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#5
A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long

2004★ 6.8

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

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother....

#6
Clean and Sober

Clean and Sober

1988★ 6.3

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

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into ...

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