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10 Best Movies Like The Return

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

#1
13

13

2021★ 10.0

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

The film is a continuous time-lapse with multiple exposures of the sunset from the same angle and position on 16mm film. The shoot was done in a span of 5 years. The title 13 is be...

#2
Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

2021★ 5.3

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

An unlucky Birthday boy must fight for his life against a masked psychopath....

#3
The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

1972★ 5.4

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

John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Towe...

#4
Avé

Avé

2012★ 6.8

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

While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen...

#5
Garden of the Dead

Garden of the Dead

1972★ 3.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Return for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Convicts on a chain gang sniff formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break and are shot down by the guards. After being buried, they rise from the dead, killing all...

#6
The Waves Call You

The Waves Call You

2024★ 6.0

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

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders leaving her island to go live with her daughter in the United States....