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10 Best Movies Like The Departure

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

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#1
Five Fingers

Five Fingers

2006★ 6.0

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

Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a gr...

#2
The Wind and the Lion

The Wind and the Lion

1975★ 6.5

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

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention....

#3
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#4
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets

2001★ 6.5

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

Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on ...

#5
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 6.2

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

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a...

#6
La Promesse

La Promesse

1996★ 7.2

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

Igor, aged 15, and his father Roger deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. Scams, lies and swindling rule their lives. When one of ...

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