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10 Best Movies Like Forget America

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

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#1
Night Crossing

Night Crossing

1982★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forget America for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story....

#2
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forget America 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....

#3
September

September

1987★ 6.2

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

After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently ar...

#4
How to Have Sex

How to Have Sex

2023★ 6.2

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

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives....

#5
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

2008★ 7.5

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

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationshi...

#6
Aftersun

Aftersun

2022★ 7.7

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

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries ...

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