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10 Best Movies Like Lake Sonata

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

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#1
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

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

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#2
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

1998★ 7.5

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

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him....

#3
Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet

1990★ 7.0

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

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, N...

#4
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.3

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

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#5
Re-Animator Resurrectus

Re-Animator Resurrectus

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lake Sonata for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Features interviews with the cast and crew of Re-Animator (1985), except for the late David Gale....

#6
Love and Death

Love and Death

1975★ 7.5

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

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon....