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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
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

1928★ 6.9

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

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year's Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, the fla...

#3
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...

#4
Moondance Alexander

Moondance Alexander

2007★ 6.0

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

Curiously named teen Moondance Alexander lives with her eccentric mother, and is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers. Although...

#5
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...

#6
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...

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