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10 Best Movies Like Life's a Beach

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

#1
Materialists

Materialists

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life's a Beach for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex....

#2
Another Happy Day

Another Happy Day

2011★ 5.5

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

A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics....

#3
Two for the Seesaw

Two for the Seesaw

1962★ 6.5

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

After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize h...

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....