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10 Best Movies Like Only the Lonely

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

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#1
The Station Agent

The Station Agent

2003★ 7.3

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

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own pers...

#2
Safe Haven

Safe Haven

2013★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Lonely for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her....

#3
Shadows in the Sun

Shadows in the Sun

2005★ 6.2

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

An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughter...

#4
I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015★ 6.3

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

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in...

#5
The Notebook

The Notebook

2004★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Lonely for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who i...

#6
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

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

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

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