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10 Best Movies Like While You're Away

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

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#1
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#2
April Snow

April Snow

2005★ 6.1

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

A man and a woman are brought together after their spouses, who were having an affair, are hospitalized after a car crash....

#3
Unforgettable

Unforgettable

2016★ 7.9

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

On a live music radio show, a letter arrives from twenty-three years in the past. Through the letter, the first love and friendships of five friends are revealed....

#4
Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986★ 6.2

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

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, ...

#5
Man in Love

Man in Love

2014★ 7.3

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

Tae-il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Then, for the first time in his life, he falls in love....

#6
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 6.0

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

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