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10 Best Movies Like Apocalypse Besties

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

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#1
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Apocalypse Besties 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....

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

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