Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sonny

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

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#1
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#2
Anemone

Anemone

2025★ 6.1

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

Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, th...

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#5
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sonny 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...

#6
Around the Bend

Around the Bend

2004★ 5.9

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

A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years ...

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