Movies like Return
If Return's mix of dance, isolation and loss stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Return's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Bravetown
2015 · Directed by Daniel Duran · 112 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dance, grief · Also drama and music
After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.
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The Starling
2021 · Directed by Theodore Melfi · 103 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: loss, grief
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 · Directed by Joel Coen · 105 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: grief · Also drama and music
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
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Take the Lead
2006 · Directed by Liz Friedlander · 118 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dance · Also drama and music
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance.
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Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 102 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: isolation
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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Melancholia
2011 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 136 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: mental health
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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Rabbit Hole
2010 · Directed by John Cameron Mitchell · 91 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: grief
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
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Tideland
2005 · Directed by Terry Gilliam · 120 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: isolation
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
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Upstream Color
2013 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 96 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: loss
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
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All Too Well: The Short Film
2021 · Directed by Taylor Swift · 15 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso drama and music
Short film featuring the extended version of the song “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift. A troubled couple's romance blossoms before it eventually falls apart.