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10 Best Movies Like Reaching for the Moon

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

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#1
Aimée & Jaguar

Aimée & Jaguar

1999★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reaching for the Moon for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the undergr...

#2
Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!

Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!

2017★ 7.0

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

Autumn is in the air as the Kitauji High School concert band prepares for the National Competition. The band hears troubling news that Asuka Tanaka, vice president of the club and ...

#3
Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

2014★ 6.0

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

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never...

#4
Cloudburst

Cloudburst

2011★ 6.3

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

When Dot's granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitchhiker along the way....

#5
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Ó Paí, Ó - O Filme

2015★ 8.0

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

During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is a...

#6
Action Boys

Action Boys

2008★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reaching for the Moon for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Only eight out of 36 boys pass the rigorous training at Seoul Action School. They all have different dreams but all wish to become stuntmen. Despite frequent accidents and injuries...