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10 Best Movies Like Ruth

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

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#1
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

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

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

#2
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#3
If Anything Happens I Love You

If Anything Happens I Love You

2020★ 7.7

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

In this Oscar-winning short film, grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting....

#4
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#5
Abzurdah

Abzurdah

2015★ 6.5

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

A disenfranchised 16-year-old girl connects to an older man on the internet and after a brief one-sided affair descends into obsession and anorexia....

#6
Killer's Kiss

Killer's Kiss

1955★ 6.4

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

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Ra...

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