
10 Best Movies Like On Distant Shores
If you loved On Distant Shores, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Image of a Mother
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of her own. As Michio clings to mem...

Good Will Hunting
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talen...

Oppenheimer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

Julieta
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

1917
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Drama & War & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On Distant Shores for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. W...