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10 Best Movies Like A Short Story

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

#1
Toxic Love

Toxic Love

1983★ 7.3

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

The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in 1980s Rome....

#2
The Poet and Singer

The Poet and Singer

2012★ 6.8

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

A visually splendid poem that provocatively but elegantly juxtaposes a poet, a singer, a river, a pair of murderers, and the Diamond Sutra....

#3
Monkey Culture

Monkey Culture

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Story for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmed in the late 90's to early 2000's of home footage following around a young group of alpha male lads trying to figure out who they are, going through fazes and where they fit ...

#4
Surviving You, Always

Surviving You, Always

2021★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Story for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The proposed metaphysical highs of psychedelic drugs versus the harsh actualities of concrete metropolitan life. These two opposing realities form the backdrop of an adolescent enc...

#5
Aftersun

Aftersun

2022★ 7.7

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

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries ...

#6
Blow

Blow

2001★ 7.4

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

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that G...