Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Deep Breath

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

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#1
Palmer

Palmer

2021★ 8.1

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

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubl...

#2
Coldwater

Coldwater

2013★ 6.4

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

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmat...

#3
Honey Boy

Honey Boy

2019★ 7.0

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

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life....

#4
Mean Dreams

Mean Dreams

2016★ 6.4

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

When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town....

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#6
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.0

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

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