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10 Best Movies Like The Elder Wife

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

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#1
Closeness

Closeness

2017★ 6.8

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

1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is f...

#2
Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

1994★ 6.9

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

Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends....

#3
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#4
Living

Living

2012★ 6.6

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

Fate brings ordeals to characters that find themselves immersed in deep crisis; they must seek the strength to cope with adversity. In a remote and cold region of Russia, Galya, a ...

#5
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#6
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

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