Movies like Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) is a drama movie directed by Stephen Daldry. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. My Name Is Khan (2010)
★ 8.0 · 1,517 votes · Drama, Romance
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.
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2. Rain Man (1988)
★ 7.7 · 7,397 votes · Drama
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
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3. The Report (2019)
★ 7.0 · 1,203 votes · Drama
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
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4. Remember Me (2010)
★ 7.1 · 3,821 votes · Drama, Romance
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
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5. Triangle (2009)
★ 6.9 · 3,172 votes · Horror
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
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6. This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
★ 6.7 · 1,549 votes · Drama, Comedy
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
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7. Forrest Gump (1994)
★ 8.5 · 30,662 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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8. Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
★ 6.6 · 745 votes · Drama
When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
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9. The Darkest Minds (2018)
★ 7.0 · 2,985 votes · Action, Adventure, Drama
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
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10. Lord of the Flies (1963)
★ 6.7 · 598 votes · Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.
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11. The Hours (2002)
★ 7.2 · 1,922 votes · Drama
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
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