
Movies that feel likeMud (2013)
If you loved Mud, the closest films we have are The Florida Project (2017), Leave No Trace (2018) and The Hand of God (2021). All three share Mud's contemplative and wistful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024).
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If Mud hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: friendship, motel

Common ground: growing up
The difference: Trades the warmth of Mud for an angle of its own

Both are built on the same subject: growing up

Both land stillness and wistfulness at once
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft


Drama with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

Warm drama in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to romance than Mud does

Both run warm where it counts

Both sit in the same contemplative register

A streak of warmth through both

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