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10 Best Movies Like A Fish with a Smile

If you loved A Fish with a Smile, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Never Lonesome

Never Lonesome

1947★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Fish with a Smile for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After the end of the war, Mrs. Lu's eldest daughter's fiancé Situ Yan returns to Shanghai from Chongqing. When they meet, they find that he is an impoverished journalist, and canno...

#2
Bloody Milk

Bloody Milk

2017★ 6.9

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

Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases o...

#3
Just the Two of Us

Just the Two of Us

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Fish with a Smile for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from ...

#4
The Goldman Case

The Goldman Case

2023★ 6.9

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

A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists....

#5
White Noise

White Noise

2022★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Fish with a Smile for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail ...

#6
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...