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10 Best Movies Like The Trip to Bountiful

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

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#1
The Last Bus

The Last Bus

2021★ 6.5

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

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared ...

#2
Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989★ 7.2

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

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendshi...

#3
Selena

Selena

1997★ 7.7

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

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins...

#4
The Aviator

The Aviator

2004★ 7.2

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

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while...

#5
Whip It

Whip It

2009★ 6.7

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

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin....

#6
Vanya on 42nd Street

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994★ 6.6

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

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

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