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10 Best Movies Like 5 Years Apart

If you loved 5 Years Apart, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

2022★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself trainin...

#2
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#3
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...

#4
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#5
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show....

#6
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5 Years Apart for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...