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10 Best Movies Like Like the Water

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

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#1
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

#2
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water 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...

#4
Rails & Ties

Rails & Ties

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage....

#5
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#6
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

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