# Movies like Moonlight

> Films most similar to Moonlight (2016) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/moonlight-2016/>

## 10 films in this list

- **[Weekend](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/weekend-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 7.3 · 565 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[Happy Together](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/happy-together-1997/)** (1997) — ★ 7.6 · 796 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[I Killed My Mother](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-killed-my-mother-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.4 · 1,160 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[Close](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/close-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 7.8 · 987 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Mufasa: The Lion King](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mufasa-the-lion-king-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 7.3 · 2,638 votes · bittersweet, cozy, tender
- **[If Beale Street Could Talk](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/if-beale-street-could-talk-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 6.9 · 1,216 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[Beach Rats](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/beach-rats-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 6.0 · 569 votes · bittersweet, outsider, tender
- **[Joe Bell](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/joe-bell-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 6.5 · 263 votes · gut-punch, outsider, tender
- **[The Florida Project](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-florida-project-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 7.4 · 3,079 votes · bittersweet, outsider, tender
- **[Milk](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/milk-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 7.2 · 2,411 votes · bittersweet, outsider, tender

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