Movies Similar to Way Back Then

Periphery(2025)

Taylor, an introspective young man, revisits his past childhood stomping grounds to piece together some memories regarding an old photograph from his childhood.

Erebos(2017)

Two nieces, Tilda and Harriët, meet again after a long time. But now, a rat named Erebos has come between them.

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic(2010)

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

Una Cuba(2024)

Second short film by Andrea Campos, about a teenager who tries to combat her mother's compulsive alcoholism with the help of her stepfather. Kind of experimental.

This Is My Body(2025)

Jérôme was sexually abused as a child by a priest. In a deeply personal film, he tries to search for clues in his memories and come to terms with the complicity of his former social environment.

Indian Summer(1993)

A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.

Família - uma pílula documental(2024)

The Foster Family(2022)

Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.

Rooftop Lempicka(2025)

While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends club waitress Ngoc who has just moved into their family′s house as a tenant. As their friendship grows, she finds out that Ngoc is an undisclosed sex worker. Meanwhile, the story is silently observed by an art book featuring female nudes by painter Tamara de Lempicka, stolen from a bookstore.

Los Colores Pardos(2018)

Freud: The Secret Passion(1962)

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Le Banc(2025)

Nicholas Nickleby(2002)

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.

The Fairyhouse

At an all time low in her personal and professional life, young architect Charlotte stumbles upon a mysterious structure in her backyard.

Quicksand(2025)

Cecilia embarks on a challenging new chapter, balancing the roles of both partner and carer for her husband, Albert, who is living with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Night Games(1966)

A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.

Anything Can Change(2025)

A depressed young man finds comfort in reliving the memories he had with a video game from his childhood.

Kinetic: The Art of Oneself(2023)

A coming-of-age story about two former childhood friends attempting to make amends following a fight. As their conversation progresses, one of them has to mature in order to reconcile with her friend as well as herself.

Love Made a Sphere

Eduardo, an 8-year-old boy who is obsessed with outer space, spends a weekend at his absent grandfather's house. This brief period of time will prove to be eternalized in his memory for the love that has blossomed from it.

The Second(2018)

The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.