Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Day Is Done

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

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#1
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983★ 7.2

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

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port c...

#2
American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China

2013★ 6.8

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

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams....

#3
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#5
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

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

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ...

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