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10 Best Movies Like Daybreak

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

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#1
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946★ 7.1

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

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he...

#2
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954★ 7.1

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

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral....

#3
Lymelife

Lymelife

2008★ 6.1

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

A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life...

#4
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990★ 6.6

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

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment....

#5
Have Dreams, Will Travel

Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007★ 7.6

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

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life....

#6
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002★ 6.1

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

In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let g...

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