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10 Best Movies Like Other Lives

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

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#1
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

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

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ...

#2
Love Aaj Kal

Love Aaj Kal

2009★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Other Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two lovers break up after they realize that their career goals are pulling them in different directions....

#3
Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979★ 7.1

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

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and t...

#4
The Girl from Paris

The Girl from Paris

2001★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Other Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave and become a farmer....

#5
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Other Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#6
Happy Times

Happy Times

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Other Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Zhao is an ageing bachelor, who has not been fortunate in love. Believing that he has finally met the female of his dreams, Zhao makes her believe that he is opulent and consents t...