Movies Like The Longest Swim

If you liked The Longest Swim (2014), a drama movie directed by Andrew Bernard, 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
The Good Nurse (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
2
The Swimmer (1968)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
3
A Map of the World (1999)
★ 6/10Also drama
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice…
4
The Cure (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
5
Christine (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
6
Causeway (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
7
Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime…
8
Mean Creek (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected…
9
Leave the World Behind (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
10
Dream House (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and…
11
Broken (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
12
Hoosiers (1986)
★ 7/10Also drama
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his…
13
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.
14
October Sky (1999)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
15
Alpha Dog (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things…
16
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
17
Dark Waters (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own…
18
Radio (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend…
19
Gummo (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
20
Blackbird (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.