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10 Best Movies Like Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

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

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#1
Family Romance, LLC

Family Romance, LLC

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 1...

#2
Shoplifters

Shoplifters

2018★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young ...

#3
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#4
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#5
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#6
Tokyo Family

Tokyo Family

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

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