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10 Best Movies Like By Then

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

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#1
I’m Going Home

I’m Going Home

2001★ 6.7

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

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car cra...

#2
Last Summer

Last Summer

2023★ 6.1

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

One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside, where he clashes with his stepmother....

#3
Juliette in Spring

Juliette in Spring

2024★ 6.7

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

Juliette goes back in her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father, a New Age mother, a sister in the midst of an existentia...

#4
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

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

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

#5
Inside I'm Dancing

Inside I'm Dancing

2004★ 7.4

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

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed wh...

#6
The Divide

The Divide

2021★ 6.6

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

Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter wi...

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