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10 Best Movies Like What Stays After

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

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#1
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#2
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#3
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#4
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#5
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#6
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.9

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

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