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10 Best Movies Like Make Way for Tomorrow

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

#1
After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub...

#2
Il Grido

Il Grido

1957★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal....

#3
The Missouri Breaks

The Missouri Breaks

1976★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ran...

#4
The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assi...

#5
L'Argent

L'Argent

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have deva...

#6
The Letter

The Letter

1940★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Make Way for Tomorrow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions....