Movies like Guard (2020)
The best movies like Guard (2020) are The Young One (1960), White Angel (2007) and Fast Girls (2012). If Guard hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCharm City Kings (2020)7.8/10 from 508 votes
- NewestBeast (2026)Released 2026
The Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhite Angel (2007)
The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFast Girls (2012)
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSibel (2019)
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbandoned Man (2025)
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Nest (2020)
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbout Dry Grasses (2023)
A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInnocence (1997)
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Because of unexpected problems at his sister’s house, he finds himself in a cheap hotel where he meets a man, a woman, and a child who will change his life in unexpected ways…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCooked (2025)
Chef and owner Sina Bora faces personal and professional challenges on one of his restaurant's busiest nights. His father's emergency surgery, staff tensions and his former mentor Renzo's plans to take over push Sina to make tough decisions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Saw the Sun (2009)
In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Enforcer (2022)
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeast (2026)
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll Day and a Night (2020)
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kindness of Strangers (2019)
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSergio (2020)
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBastard Out of Carolina (1996)
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 her last chance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCharm City Kings (2020)
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYellow Letters (2026)
The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to Istanbul to live with Aziz's parents. They and their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi have to redefine their way of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHounddog (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 thisFermuar Ucu (2020)
Asya works in a clothing store and also takes care of her mother and younger brother. It needs a new coat for cold weather in winter. However, he cannot balance the money.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Koşar Adım (2020)
Omar is a young man who started out as a taxi driver. To get rid of his financial problems, he returns to the place he once went to gamble. He gambles away money that doesn't belong to him, and his way out of this situation takes him to a darker spot.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Sprinkles (2020)
While babysitting Charlotte, 17-year-old Julianne decides to take a pregnancy test. Before seeing the result, the 7-year-old interrupts Julianne's work and pulls her into her pure, childlike universe.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Cleaner (2018)
A public toilet cleaner is concerned about her pregnancy test on a normal day of her work.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The White Tree (2018)
He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Anoush (2020)
Anoush, a little girl, goes to borrow a wedding dress from a distant relative for her brother's wedding. Leyla, a teacher, comes home as a second intruder. Leyla has just been appointed to the village school. She learns that the village school had been abandoned many years ago and that there is no children in the school age. On the other hand, Anoush could not learn to write although he could read because her teacher resigned and left the village. Transportation between villages takes place once a day. Anoush and Leyla are forced to spend the night in the same house. Will the two passengers get what they want despite the long road?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
At a Riverside (2020)
As a civilian group with a woman about to give birth fleeing to the safe zone from the Serbian genocide with a sizzling radio, they find that they are not by the river with the dog barking they hear, but they are on the side of something else ...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Wedding Photo (2020)
Reyhan's dream is to take photos with her wedding gown. Go to the photo studio, her wedding dress was taken in a hurry, but Reyhan does not speak out for her dream. Father-in-law has spent money on everything but has a different account with the photographer than the previous year. For this reason, there is a dispute between the photographer and father-in-law and Reyhan cannot take pictures.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
About The Fire On Rabbi Nissim Street (2020)
The house of Judah was burned. An absurd document demanding payment of the fire brigade drags the boy to the fire station to object.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Thousand and One Nights (2018)
Kurds living in a village in eastern Turkey Seyithan (12), Arabian Nights fairy tale meets with the teacher by classmates and the school looks for a way of finding missing stories.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Guard?
The closest matches to Guard are The Young One (1960), White Angel (2007) and Fast Girls (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Guard?
Start with The Young One (1960), the closest match to Guard.
What is the highest-rated movie like Guard?
Charm City Kings (2020), rated 7.8/10 by 508 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Guard?
Beast (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Guard chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Guard, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.