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10 Best Movies Like This Must Be the Place

If you loved This Must Be the Place, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1981★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene....

#2
American History X

American History X

1998★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to priso...

#3
La Bamba

La Bamba

1987★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star ris...

#4
Jackie & Ryan

Jackie & Ryan

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relati...

#5
Almost Famous

Almost Famous

2000★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour w...

#6
20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Must Be the Place for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change ...

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