Movies like House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog (2003) is a drama movie directed by Vadim Perelman. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8.0 · 11,384 votes · Crime, Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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2. Pacific Heights (1990)
★ 6.3 · 444 votes · Thriller, Drama, Mystery
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
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3. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
★ 7.0 · 380 votes · Drama
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
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4. Beautiful Boy (2018)
★ 7.6 · 2,988 votes · Drama
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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5. The Towering Inferno (1974)
★ 7.0 · 1,090 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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6. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
★ 7.5 · 3,314 votes · Drama, Thriller
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.
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7. The Enforcer (1976)
★ 6.7 · 1,043 votes · Crime, Action, Thriller
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
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8. The Lost Bus (2025)
★ 7.0 · 851 votes · Drama, Thriller
A determined father risks everything to rescue a dedicated teacher and her students from a raging wildfire.
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9. Life as a House (2001)
★ 7.1 · 466 votes · Drama
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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10. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
★ 7.6 · 2,373 votes · Drama, Crime
Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.
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