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10 Best Movies Like Chronic

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

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#1
Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw

1964★ 6.2

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

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him....

#2
Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea

2016★ 7.6

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

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him f...

#3
Everybody's Fine

Everybody's Fine

2009★ 6.8

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

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, again...

#4
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957★ 8.2

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

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man...

#5
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#6
Rear Window

Rear Window

1954★ 8.3

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

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder....

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