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10 Best Movies Like Ariel

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

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#1
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

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

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....

#2
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#3
Buddies

Buddies

1985★ 8.2

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

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and fa...

#4
Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds

1996★ 7.6

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

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki,...

#5
Starbuck

Starbuck

2011★ 6.9

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

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force th...

#6
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004★ 6.8

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

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested ...