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10 Best Movies Like News from Afar

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

#1
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to News from Afar for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial mes...

#2
The Violin

The Violin

2005★ 6.9

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

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cu...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#4
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to News from Afar for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in an...

#5
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to News from Afar for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....