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10 Best Movies Like Heaven's Waiting

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

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#1
Afterlife of the Party

Afterlife of the Party

2021★ 6.7

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

A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth....

#2
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#3
Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013★ 6.3

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

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked live...

#4
Another Year

Another Year

2010★ 7.0

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

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives....

#5
The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

1999★ 6.6

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

A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated....

#6
My Girl

My Girl

1991★ 7.4

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

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the su...

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