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10 Best Movies Like Returning

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

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#1
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#2
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Parked

Parked

2010★ 6.6

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

Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred ...

#5
Lady Driver

Lady Driver

2020★ 6.4

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

When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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