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10 Best Movies Like August

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

#1
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After being dumped by her lover, Pepa finds her life and the lives of those around her spiraling out of control by a deliciously chaotic series of events....

#2
O Fantasma

O Fantasma

2000★ 6.2

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

Sergio is a brooding, alienated man who works as a trash collector in Lisbon by day and roams the city streets by night seeking rough, anonymous sex with men. One night he meets a ...

#3
Eating Out: Drama Camp

Eating Out: Drama Camp

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Zack and Casey's relationship is in a slump, but things are about to change at Dick Dickey's Drama Camp. Zack meets gorgeous Benji, and when they get cast as lovers in a sexed-up v...

#4
The Boy

The Boy

2015★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing....

#5
The Visitor

The Visitor

2011★ 5.3

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

Cibrâil, a young policeman, is living happily with his girlfriend in Berlin. He is well integrated in society despite his Turkish background. One day his girlfriend's cousin comes ...

#6
Del Shores: Naked. Sordid. Reality.

Del Shores: Naked. Sordid. Reality.

2014★ 5.0

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

In this one man play, producer, playwright and actor Del Shores plays six distinct characters he has created based on people in his life. They are all Southern caricatures but more...