Movies like Daughters of the Dust: 20 to watch next
If you loved Daughters of the Dust (1991) — a drama and romance film directed by Julie Dash — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Daughters of the Dust most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like island, rape and mystic. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl 1998★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Poker House 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wild Things 1998★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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The Secret Life of Bees 2008★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Handmaid's Tale 1990★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Hounddog 2008★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Swept from the Sea 1998★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and romance between Yanko and Amy follows.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Light at the Edge of the World 1971★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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Dogville 2003★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- 10
Johnny Belinda 1948★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bastard Out of Carolina 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cape Fear 1991★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Safety of Objects 2002★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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An Officer and a Gentleman 1982★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a little cold around the heart, so Foley rides him mercilessly, sensing that the young man would be prime officer material if he weren't so self-involved. Zack's affair with a working girl is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Breezy 1973★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Duke of Burgundy 2015★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cleveland Abduction 2015★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Elena Undone 2010★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Doing Life 2026★ 7.9
Shares: Romance, Drama
A single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.
Stream in India on Netflix