Movies like Passion Fish: 20 to watch next

If you loved Passion Fish (1992) — a drama film directed by John Sayles — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Passion Fish most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like wheelchair, louisiana and accident. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
The Waterdance 1992★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Adam 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
The Good Neighbor 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
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.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
4
Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1981★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Stronger 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
Stream in India on Plex
6
Walk on the Wild Side 1962★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
The Crossing Guard 1995★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Causeway 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
9
The Lookout 2007★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Inside I'm Dancing 2004★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
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
12
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
13
All the Little Animals 1999★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Ray 2004★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
15
Blackbird 2019★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
Neverwas 2005★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Hands of Stone 2016★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Fractured 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Stream in India on Netflix
19
Black Snake Moan 2006★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lockdown 2000★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now