Movies like The Continent: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Continent (2014) — a drama film directed by Han Han — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Continent most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like road trip and road movie. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Head Full of Honey 2018★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Omaha 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Dog 2024★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Tigertail 2020★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Caught by the Tides 2024★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Gigi & Nate 2022★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Come Sunday 2018★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Last Rifleman 2023★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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The Last Bus 2021★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared birthplace, using only local buses. It's an incident-fuelled nostalgia trip and his encounters with local people make him a media phenomenon. Tom is totally unaware and to his surprise on arrival at Land’s End he’s greeted as a celebrity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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One Second 2020★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The River 1984★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jacob 1994★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself deceived. Finally, Jacob has to face both his uncle and brother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A World Without Thieves 2004★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eleanor the Great 2025★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Won't Back Down 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Buddha Mountain 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pickpocket 1997★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Meltdown: Days of Destruction 2006★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so close that it shift our course closer to the sun, causing rapid extreme heating, hopefully only mid-term. Nathan warns his sister, TV journalist Carly, and she her lover, police detective Tom. He brings his unruly daughter Kim, her ex-con lover C.J. and her mother, nurse Bonnie, when Nathan offers a flight to a friend's Arctic weather station. Tom takes charge of a dangerous trip to the airport, as everywhere on earth things catch fire and people fight for water, transport and sheer looting.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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September 1987★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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An Adventure in Space and Time 2013★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now