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10 Best Movies Like ZEAL

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

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#1
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#2
A Mouthful of Air

A Mouthful of Air

2021★ 6.5

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

Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum dep...

#3
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#4
One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's

2001★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ZEAL for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave t...

#5
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#6
Sin City

Sin City

2005★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ZEAL for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dame...

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