Movies like Bull (2020)
The best movies like Bull (2020) are American Exit (2019), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and Golden Exits (2018). If Bull hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedManchester by the Sea (2016)7.5/10 from 6,659 votes
- NewestJulie Keeps Quiet (2024)Released 2024
American Exit (2019)
A dying father takes a road trip with his son to try to rebuild his relationship before he dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGolden Exits (2018)
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNotorious Nick (2021)
Nick Newell, a one-armed MMA fighter gets a rare chance to fight for the lightweight championship. He strives to win for himself and all the other people in the world with physical challenges.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Battlecreek (2017)
Henry is a loner and a night owl. His rare skin disease has kept him under the close watch of his fiery mother, who has sheltered him his entire life. One night, a young woman's car breaks down and Henry's life will change forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Adam (2020)
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Novice (2021)
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Come Back from the Moon (2017)
The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Driveways (2020)
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the widowed old man from next door.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWildlife (2018)
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job (and his sense of purpose) he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Together Now (2020)
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoxer (2024)
With only his wife by his side, a promising young boxer flees communist Poland to chase his dream of becoming the greatest fighter in history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJulie Keeps Quiet (2024)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club’s players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStolen Season (2020)
A therapist spirals into obsession as evidence points that a troubled teen could be her own child surrendered 17 years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Jockey (2021)
An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Leave No Trace (2018)
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a River (2019)
After her father’s violent death, Native American teenager Margo Crane flees down Michigan’s Stark River in search of her estranged mother. On the way, she encounters allies, enemies, danger, and the beauty of nature, all while coming to grips with her past and her own identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Perfect 10 (2020)
14-year-old Leigh lives with her neglectful father on the outskirts of Brighton. She’s a talented gymnast, training hard for her first competition. When an older half-brother appears at her house one night, Leigh’s lonely existence is altered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Memory (2023)
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisManchester by the Sea (2016)
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTrue Things (2022)
A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Fighter (2020)
A desperate teenager is forced into the dangerous world of underground fighting to win enough money to save his ailing mother. He finds out what he's made of in the face of these violent hungry competitors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Mustang (2019)
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJungleland (2020)
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParachute (2024)
Riley has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. She soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Run (2020)
A former boyracer, who married his first love and took a job in one of the fish factories, now has a 17 year-old-son of his own following in his footsteps and can no longer ignore the fact he’s going nowhere. Unable to be physically or emotionally present with his family, he takes his son’s car out for one final joy ride and risks losing the love that surrounds him
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Lady Driver (2020)
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRun This Town (2020)
After graduation, Bram gets his dream job at a local newspaper. In his mind he’s the next Woodward (but he’s probably more of a Bernstein). A year in, he realizes that maybe the paper business is no longer what he’d seen in the movies. Instead of investigative journalism, he is writing easily consumable Top 10 Lists - Best Hot Dogs in the City! Ten Ways to Tell You Grew Up in the 90s! After the paper is hit with another round of layoffs, Bram stumbles upon a potentially explosive story involving the city’s controversial mayor. But he needs to beat the mayor’s smooth talking aide, Kamal, to the punch. This could be Bram’s big break — if he had any idea how to be a real journalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLucky Them (2013)
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Bull?
The closest matches to Bull are American Exit (2019), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and Golden Exits (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Bull?
People who watched Bull most often go on to American Exit (2019), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and Golden Exits (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Bull?
Manchester by the Sea (2016), rated 7.5/10 by 6,659 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Bull?
Julie Keeps Quiet (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Bull?
Yes: American Exit (2019), The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017) and Golden Exits (2018).
How are movies similar to Bull chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Bull, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.