Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Beaches

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

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#1
My Girl

My Girl

1991★ 7.4

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

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the su...

#2
Evening

Evening

2007★ 5.8

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

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an ...

#3
Suncoast

Suncoast

2024★ 6.7

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

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark med...

#4
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#5
Bob Trevino Likes It

Bob Trevino Likes It

2025★ 7.4

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

Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life....

#6
The Magic of Belle Isle

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012★ 7.0

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

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion ...

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