Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Long Goodbye

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

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#1
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.9

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#2
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#3
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

2020★ 7.3

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

In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges....

#4
One Second

One Second

2020★ 7.3

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

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond....

#5
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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