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10 Best Movies Like Oliver's Story

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

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#1
Black or White

Black or White

2015★ 6.8

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

A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life....

#2
Dangerous

Dangerous

1935★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oliver's Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Don Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to spons...

#3
The Face of Love

The Face of Love

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oliver's Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband....

#4
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Oliver's Story for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone....

#5
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

2004★ 6.2

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

Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single f...

#6
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011★ 5.8

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

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce....

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