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10 Best Movies Like 72

If you loved 72, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Girl Asleep

Girl Asleep

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen, she can’t bear to leave her childhood; it contains all the things that give her comfort in an incomprehen...

#2
In the Heights

In the Heights

2021★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights....

#3
Two Lovers

Two Lovers

2008★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women....

#4
I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the fa...

#5
The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family bu...

#6
Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

1993★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld....

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