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10 Best Movies Like A Human Promise

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

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#1
Iris

Iris

2001★ 6.4

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

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease....

#2
The Evening Star

The Evening Star

1996★ 6.0

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

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellio...

#3
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#4
Still Alice

Still Alice

2014★ 7.5

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

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her f...

#5
Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

2010★ 6.4

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

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori....

#6
Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night

2017★ 6.7

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

Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a co...

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