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If you liked x (2018), a movie directed by Christina Georgiou and David Hands, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Helen

    Helen (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her…

  2. 2Sometimes I Think About Dying

    Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way…

  3. 3Curve

    Curve (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

  4. 4Infinitely Polar Bear

    Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

  5. 5Hard Luck

    Hard Luck (1921)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his…

  6. 6The Beaver

    The Beaver (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his…

  7. 7Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

    ★ 7.9/10

    A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at…

  8. 8It's Kind of a Funny Story

    It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

  9. 9To Write Love on Her Arms

    To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10

    The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction…

  10. 10On the Count of Three

    On the Count of Three (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best…

  11. 11Off the Map

    Off the Map (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10

    An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss.

  12. 12Belushi

    Belushi (2020)

    ★ 7/10

    Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and…

  13. 13Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

  14. 14Blood Punch

    Blood Punch (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself…

  15. 15The Safety of Objects

    The Safety of Objects (2002)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband…

  16. 16Strange Weather

    Strange Weather (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

  17. 17Bedrooms and Hallways

    Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.

  18. 18Autumn in New York

    Autumn in New York (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…

  19. 19Stardust Memories

    Stardust Memories (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10

    While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

  20. 20Smile

    Smile (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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