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10 Best Movies Like I'll Cry Alone

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

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#1
Oldboy

Oldboy

2003★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors....

#2
Water and Fire

Water and Fire

2013★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pretty young girl falls for an enigmatic, shy man who sweeps her off her feet. She becomes pregnant but is not allowed to tell him. His advisers are adamant. Back home, they have...

#3
Dolls

Dolls

2002★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sa...

#4
Ariel

Ariel

1988★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide....

#5
Rich in Love

Rich in Love

2020★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Working incognito at his rich dad's company to test his own merits, Teto falls for Paula and tells her he grew up poor, a lie that spins out of control....

#6
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I'll Cry Alone for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An effervescent musical about one of the most unlikely couples seen on screen: two Otaku intent on hiding their nerdiness from their colleagues!...