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10 Best Movies Like August My Heaven

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

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#1
Power

Power

1986★ 5.9

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

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to q...

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August My Heaven 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...

#3
Flashbacks of a Fool

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008★ 6.2

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

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes...

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to August My Heaven 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
Vanya on 42nd Street

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994★ 6.6

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

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

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