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Movies Like High Tide

If you liked High Tide (1987), a drama movie directed by Gillian Armstrong, 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. 1Breath

    Breath (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

  2. 2The Lost Daughter

    The Lost Daughter (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.

  3. 3The Short History of the Long Road

    The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new…

  4. 4Angel of Mine

    Angel of Mine (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

  5. 5Tuesday

    Tuesday (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

  6. 6Causeway

    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. 7Erin Brockovich

    Erin Brockovich (2000)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…

  8. 8The Secret Life of Bees

    The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…

  9. 920th Century Women

    20th Century Women (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the…

  10. 10The Glass House

    The Glass House (2001)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the…

  11. 11God's Creatures

    God's Creatures (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.

  12. 12Don't Make Me Go

    Don't Make Me Go (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.

  13. 13Like Father

    Like Father (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    When a workaholic young executive is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers…

  14. 14Limbo

    Limbo (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo…

  15. 15Mothers' Instinct

    Mothers' Instinct (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…

  16. 16Bird

    Bird (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

  17. 17Hounddog

    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.

  18. 18Magnolia

    Magnolia (1999)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will…

  19. 19Bastard Out of Carolina

    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…

  20. 20The Quiet

    The Quiet (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her…

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