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10 Best Movies Like Ashes and Sand

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Gracie

Gracie

2007★ 6.2

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

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer....

#3
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ashes and Sand 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....

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

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