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10 Best Movies Like Boat People

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

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#1
Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985★ 7.5

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

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past ...

#2
Come to Daddy

Come to Daddy

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Boat People for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark...

#3
Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!

1993★ 6.9

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

A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a ke...

#4
Fatal Vacation

Fatal Vacation

1990★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Boat People for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother......

#5
Edward and Caroline

Edward and Caroline

1951★ 6.4

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

Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas....

#6
The Golden Era

The Golden Era

2014★ 6.7

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

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II....