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10 Best Movies Like By this River

If you loved By this River, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
I Believe

I Believe

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way....

#2
Tuesday

Tuesday

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird....

#3
If Anything Happens I Love You

If Anything Happens I Love You

2020★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this Oscar-winning short film, grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting....

#4
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 relationshi...

#5
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#6
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By this River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

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