Movies Like Countdown

If you liked Countdown (2014), a drama movie directed by Rijad Gvozden, 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.

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   My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

   ★ 6.3/10Also drama

   An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

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   Fast Girls (2012)

   ★ 6/10Also drama

   A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

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   Eleanor the Great (2025)

   ★ 6.8/10Also drama

   94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

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   Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

   ★ 5.9/10Also drama

   The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

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   Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

   ★ 7.1/10Also drama

   A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as…

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   O.G. (2018)

   ★ 5.9/10Also drama

   Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

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   What Maisie Knew (2013)

   ★ 7.1/10Also drama

   In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

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   Here (2024)

   ★ 6.5/10Also drama

   An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

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   The Girl in the Book (2015)

   ★ 5.8/10Also drama

   The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

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    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

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    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

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    Gracie (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

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    Effie Gray (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

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    I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

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    Hungry Hearts (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

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    Jungleland (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

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    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    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.

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    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

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    The Cut (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal…

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    Lenin in Paris (1981)

    ★ 4.7/10Also drama

    1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. Through a chain of historical parallels and associations, this time is intertwined with the events of the Paris…