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10 Best Movies Like An Awful Moment

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#3
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#4
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

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

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#5
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#6
Lady Driver

Lady Driver

2020★ 6.4

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

When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...

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