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10 Best Movies Like Dear Gorbachev

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

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Gorbachev 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 ...

#2
The Raffle

The Raffle

1991★ 6.8

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

Struggling with a financial crisis, a good-looking widow decides to put herself up for grabs. However, going through with it becomes almost impossible with a new love and the legal...

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#5
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#6
Bad Tales

Bad Tales

2020★ 6.7

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

In a small suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it’s an illu...

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