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10 Best Movies Like So Long, My Son

If you loved So Long, My Son, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Windshield Wiper

The Windshield Wiper

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Animation. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Inside a cafe while smoking a whole pack of cigarettes, a man poses an ambitious question: "What is Love?". A collection of vignettes and situations will lead the man to the desire...

#2
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show....

#3
The Shadow Play

The Shadow Play

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that ...

#4
God: City

God: City

2018★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

God presides over a modern metropolis....

#5
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

2012★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and their wife...

#6
The Inventor

The Inventor

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to So Long, My Son for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible ma...