Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Rise

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

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#1
Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

2022★ 5.2

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

Seven men, all city-dwellers aged between 17 and 70, with nothing in common apart from the fact that they are all on the verge of a nervous breakdown, meet up at a lonely sta- tion...

#2
Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

2022★ 4.9

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

Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated her brother. In all this time they haven’t seen one an...

#3
Goliath

Goliath

2022★ 6.8

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

Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. M...

#4
Secret Name

Secret Name

2021★ 6.0

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

Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She ...

#5
A Tale of Love and Desire

A Tale of Love and Desire

2021★ 6.2

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

Ahmed, 18, is French of Algerian origin. He grew up in the Parisian suburbs. On the benches of the university, he meets Farah, a young Tunisian full of energy recently arrived from...

#6
Softie

Softie

2022★ 7.0

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

Ten-year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years....