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10 Best Movies Like Six Days in August

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

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#1
Flashbacks of a Fool

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008★ 6.2

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

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes...

#2
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Six Days in August for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England....

#3
Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

2002★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Six Days in August for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a po...

#4
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Six Days in August for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Ches...

#5
The Last Movie Star

The Last Movie Star

2018★ 6.5

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

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedl...

#6
The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited

2011★ 7.2

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

A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limit...

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