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10 Best Movies Like Nothing You Could Do

If you loved Nothing You Could Do, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do 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...

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
Not Without Hope

Not Without Hope

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival....

#5
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#6
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nothing You Could Do for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

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