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10 Best Movies Like Helpless

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

#1
War of the Arrows

War of the Arrows

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Helpless for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchu...

#2
Failan

Failan

2001★ 7.2

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

After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well o...

#3
Windstruck

Windstruck

2004★ 7.1

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

Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himse...

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
The Book of Fish

The Book of Fish

2021★ 7.8

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

When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia....

#6
Voice of a Murderer

Voice of a Murderer

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Helpless for fans of Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Gyeong-bae's son is kidnapped, he receives a call from the kidnapper asking for 100 million won. The detectives are teamed up for the case, yet the culprit gets away at every...