Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Somersault

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

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#1
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#2
Japanese Story

Japanese Story

2003★ 6.3

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

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is...

#3
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

2025★ 6.2

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

Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure...

#4
Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino

2016★ 6.5

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

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s...

#5
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#6
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

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