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10 Best Movies Like 40

If you loved 40, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

#2
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#3
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#4
Blind

Blind

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife ...

#5
Dirt Music

Dirt Music

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affai...

#6
A Journal for Jordan

A Journal for Jordan

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 40 for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New Y...

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