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10 Best Movies Like Thanatopsis

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

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#1
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

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

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#3
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#4
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#5
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thanatopsis for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#6
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thanatopsis for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

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