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10 Best Movies Like Close

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

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#1
Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

2009★ 8.1

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

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling ...

#2
Giant Little Ones

Giant Little Ones

2019★ 7.1

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

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th...

#3
Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen

2021★ 6.3

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

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for...

#4
The Miracle Season

The Miracle Season

2018★ 7.2

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

After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in ho...

#5
I Killed My Mother

I Killed My Mother

2009★ 7.4

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

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episode...

#6
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

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