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10 Best Movies Like Hearts Must Burn

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

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#1
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#2
Normal

Normal

2003★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

#3
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

#5
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

#6
There Will Be No Leave Today

There Will Be No Leave Today

1959★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts Must Burn for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village....

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