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10 Best Movies Like It's gonna be okay

If you loved It's gonna be okay, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Not Without Hope

Not Without Hope

2025★ 6.3

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

A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival....

#2
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.6

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

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#3
Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland

Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland

2017★ 6.5

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

Based on the best-selling book, Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days, and told through the eyes of Jackson's trusted bodyguards, Bill Whitfield and Javon...

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's gonna be okay 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...

#5
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It's gonna be okay 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
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

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