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10 Best Movies Like If I Were the Winter Itself

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

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#1
True Colors

True Colors

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics....

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself 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...

#3
Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls...

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#5
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#6
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If I Were the Winter Itself for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

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