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10 Best Movies Like The Primitive Way

If you loved The Primitive Way, 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 Primitive Way 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
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Primitive Way 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...

#3
Imagine

Imagine

2012★ 7.3

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

A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life....

#4
Wonderstruck

Wonderstruck

2017★ 6.1

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

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection....

#5
The Assault

The Assault

2014★ 6.8

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

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to ...

#6
Head Full of Honey

Head Full of Honey

2018★ 6.4

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

A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him....

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