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10 Best Movies Like If Only for a Moment

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

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#1
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Only for a Moment 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...

#2
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#3
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If Only for a Moment 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 ...

#4
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#5
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#6
Time Is Up

Time Is Up

2021★ 6.4

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

Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the tim...

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