
10 Best Movies Like Islands
If you loved Islands, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Bastard Out of Carolina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

The Nest
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

The Kindness of Strangers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

Alex of Venice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

The Padre
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

The Truth About Emanuel
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Islands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....