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10 Best Movies Like Stand By Me

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

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#1
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014★ 6.5

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

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequite...

#2
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me 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....

#5
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stand By Me 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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