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10 Best Movies Like Like the Water

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

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#1
The Last Word

The Last Word

2017★ 6.6

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

A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the res...

#2
Posthumous

Posthumous

2014★ 5.9

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

After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has ...

#3
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

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

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

#4
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#5
The Photograph

The Photograph

2020★ 6.3

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

When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a s...

#6
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

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

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

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