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10 Best Movies Like CODA

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

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#1
Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986★ 6.9

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

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial ...

#2
Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1954★ 6.0

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

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arrang...

#3
Dear Frankie

Dear Frankie

2004★ 7.0

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

Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her dea...

#4
Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon

2003★ 6.0

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

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up....

#5
After We Fell

After We Fell

2021★ 7.0

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

Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin...

#6
Kiss and Cry

Kiss and Cry

2017★ 7.3

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

A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type o...

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