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10 Best Movies Like By the Rails

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

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#1
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

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

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

#2
She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988★ 5.9

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

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they ...

#3
Breathe In

Breathe In

2013★ 5.9

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

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever....

#4
Hope Springs

Hope Springs

2012★ 6.3

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

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship....

#5
The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

1981★ 6.2

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

Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises....

#6
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

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