Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Heaven

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

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#1
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heaven 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....

#2
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#3
What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There?

2001★ 7.0

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

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris....

#4
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heaven 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 ...

#5
Aftershock

Aftershock

2010★ 7.2

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

Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either c...

#6
Pickpocket

Pickpocket

1997★ 7.2

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

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt....

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