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10 Best Movies Like The Ocean Waif

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

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#1
Just Before I Go

Just Before I Go

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decid...

#2
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#3
He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing...

#4
Broken English

Broken English

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children, while she's in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who ...

#5
Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

1989★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife....

#6
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ocean Waif for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back....

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