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10 Best Movies Like Backroads

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

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#1
Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

2025★ 6.1

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

At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic...

#2
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

2009★ 7.2

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

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing hi...

#3
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

2022★ 6.2

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

Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?...

#4
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

1999★ 6.7

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

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the wo...

#5
Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backroads for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her....

#6
Charlie St. Cloud

Charlie St. Cloud

2010★ 7.0

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

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pac...

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