Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Contact

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

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#1
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#2
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#3
Hadi Be Oğlum

Hadi Be Oğlum

2018★ 7.1

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

Ali, a fisherman, devoted his life to his young son, Efe. Efe was the only son of Ali who was in this life. Efe is different from other children. Efe, who has a communication probl...

#4
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#5
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#6
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

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