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10 Best Movies Like The Buried Past

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Buried Past 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....

#2
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

1999★ 6.6

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

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated....

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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