Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Distant

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

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#1
The Old Oak

The Old Oak

2023★ 7.2

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

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in...

#2
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distant 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...

#3
Sleep Dealer

Sleep Dealer

2008★ 5.9

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

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to c...

#4
Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007★ 6.3

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

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

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