Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cake

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

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#1
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#2
Lullaby

Lullaby

2014★ 6.1

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

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, ...

#3
Permanent Record

Permanent Record

1988★ 6.4

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

David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a r...

#4
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#5
Every Breath You Take

Every Breath You Take

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cake for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter....

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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