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10 Best Movies Like Swimming with Tears

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

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#1
Repast

Repast

1951★ 7.6

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

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arra...

#2
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#6
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

1983★ 7.5

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

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their ...

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