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10 Best Movies Like The Present

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

#1
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark m...

#2
Life Overtakes Me

Life Overtakes Me

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing dep...

#3
Two Distant Strangers

Two Distant Strangers

2020★ 7.1

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

A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop....

#4
The Letter Room

The Letter Room

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates....

#5
Baggio: The Divine Ponytail

Baggio: The Divine Ponytail

2021★ 6.4

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

A chronicle biopic of the 22-year career of soccer star Roberto Baggio, including depictions of his difficult debut as a player, his deep rifts with some of his coaches, his triump...

#6
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

1994★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor....