Movies like Damage
If Damage's mix of sibling relationship, loss of loved one and longing stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Damage's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Atonement
2007 · Directed by Joe Wright · 123 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship, loss of loved one · Also drama and romance
A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
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The Lion King
1994 · Directed by Roger Allers · 89 min8.3
Why you'll like itWith Jeremy Irons · Shares: loss of loved one, father son relationship · From the same decade (1990s)
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself.
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Maurice
1987 · Directed by James Ivory · 140 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Rupert Graves · Also drama and romance
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
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All of Us Strangers
2023 · Directed by Andrew Haigh · 105 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: father son relationship · Also romance and drama
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
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Closer
2004 · Directed by Mike Nichols · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one · Also drama and romance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
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Cruel Intentions
1999 · Directed by Roger Kumble · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (1990s)
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn.
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Directed by Karel Reisz · 124 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Jeremy Irons · Also drama and romance
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles.
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Inventing the Abbotts
1997 · Directed by Pat O'Connor · 110 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship · Also drama and romance · From the same decade (1990s)
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters.
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The Skeleton Twins
2014 · Directed by Craig Johnson · 92 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: sibling relationship
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong.
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The Sheltering Sky
1990 · Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci · 138 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: extramarital affair · From the same decade (1990s)
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.