Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Taking Leave

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

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#2
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#3
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

#4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

#5
Heaven

Heaven

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers...

#6
No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

1996★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Taking Leave for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by...

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