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10 Best Movies Like Leave the World Behind

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

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#1
The Road

The Road

2009★ 7.0

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

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the s...

#2
Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave the World Behind for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paran...

#3
Byzantium

Byzantium

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave the World Behind for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium....

#4
No Exit

No Exit

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave the World Behind for fans of Drama & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which...

#5
Edge of Winter

Edge of Winter

2016★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave the World Behind for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threa...

#6
You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave the World Behind for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is unco...

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