
10 Best Movies Like While I Was Gone
If you loved While I Was Gone, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Young One
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

El Chicano
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

Adopt a Highway
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

Hands of Stone
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

The Nest
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

The Kindness of Strangers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to While I Was Gone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...