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10 Best Movies Like A Cold Wind in August

If you loved A Cold Wind in August, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Mother

The Mother

2003★ 6.1

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

A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter....

#2
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#3
Endings, Beginnings

Endings, Beginnings

2020★ 6.1

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

An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances....

#4
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#5
Breezy

Breezy

1973★ 6.8

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

A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's...

#6
Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon

2003★ 6.0

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

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up....

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