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10 Best Movies Like Life in Overtime

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

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#1
Wood Job!

Wood Job!

2014★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life in Overtime for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually ...

#2
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

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

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

#3
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life in Overtime 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....

#4
Penguin Highway

Penguin Highway

2018★ 7.2

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

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dent...

#5
The Magic of Belle Isle

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life in Overtime for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion ...

#6
Bakuman

Bakuman

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life in Overtime for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate ...

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