Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Passing By

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

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#1
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Passing By for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#2
Adulthood

Adulthood

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Passing By for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge....

#3
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#4
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Passing By for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#5
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Passing By for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#6
Starlet

Starlet

2012★ 6.8

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

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale....

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