Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Heartaches

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

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#1
Normal

Normal

2003★ 6.7

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

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

#2
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#3
Fatherhood

Fatherhood

2021★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heartaches for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story....

#4
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heartaches for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#5
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#6
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

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