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10 Best Movies Like The Attempt

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

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#1
Just Before I Go

Just Before I Go

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Attempt for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decid...

#2
It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Attempt for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward....

#3
On the Count of Three

On the Count of Three

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Attempt for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help...

#4
Stay

Stay

2005★ 6.6

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

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- e...

#5
Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965★ 7.6

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

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the O...

#6
The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

1987★ 7.6

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

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through ...

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