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10 Best Movies Like What Do We Need to Talk About?

If you loved What Do We Need to Talk About?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Songbird

Songbird

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara....

#2
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#3
A Death in the Gunj

A Death in the Gunj

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip....

#4
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#5
Not Without Hope

Not Without Hope

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival....

#6
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do We Need to Talk About? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

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