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10 Best Movies Like Bygones

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

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#1
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#2
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#3
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

2003★ 6.3

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

Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them aroun...

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#5
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#6
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bygones 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...

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