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10 Best Movies Like Crossing the Desert

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

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#1
Bird

Bird

2024★ 7.2

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

12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks...

#2
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

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

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

#3
Carl's Date

Carl's Date

2023★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crossing the Desert for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Carl Fredricksen reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend—but admittedly has no idea how dating works these days. Ever the helpful friend, Dug steps in to calm Carl's ...

#4
Dìdi (弟弟)

Dìdi (弟弟)

2024★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crossing the Desert for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how t...

#5
Sometimes I Think About Dying

Sometimes I Think About Dying

2024★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crossing the Desert for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark....

#6
Die My Love

Die My Love

2025★ 6.1

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

After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and r...