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10 Best Movies Like The Big Departure

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

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#1
Lux Æterna

Lux Æterna

2020★ 6.1

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg agrees to play a witch condemned to be burned at the stake in the first film directed by Béatrice Dalle. But the chaotic production, technical problems, and ps...

#2
Split

Split

2016★ 5.9

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

The story of a young woman who takes an epic journey to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive lover. When Inanna, a young a...

#3
Monster High: Scaris City of Frights

Monster High: Scaris City of Frights

2013★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Departure for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the worl...

#4
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#5
Nine Days

Nine Days

2021★ 6.8

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

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own....

#6
The Enforcer

The Enforcer

2022★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Departure for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended ...

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