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10 Best Movies Like If You Can't Fly

If you loved If You Can't Fly, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#2
Paris 36

Paris 36

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of u...

#3
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#4
Fast Girls

Fast Girls

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete....

#5
Coda

Coda

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates....

#6
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If You Can't Fly 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...

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