Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ema

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

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#1
Papusza

Papusza

2013★ 7.8

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

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski....

#2
10 to 11

10 to 11

2009★ 7.0

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

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a frien...

#3
All the Vermeers in New York

All the Vermeers in New York

1992★ 5.8

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

A parable of the missteps of life enacted in the hothouse world of late 1980’s New York, in which the art market and the stock market each boomed, and in process spawned a smorgasb...

#4
Crosscurrent

Crosscurrent

2016★ 6.3

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

A voyage between a woman searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the longest river of Mainland China....

#5
The Truth About Bebe Donge

The Truth About Bebe Donge

1952★ 6.8

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

François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married ...

#6
The Domain

The Domain

2019★ 7.0

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

The chronicle of a Portuguese family that owns one of the largest estates in Europe, on the south bank of the River Tagus. The Domain delves deeply into the secrets of their homest...