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10 Best Movies Like The Best Years of Our Lives

If you loved The Best Years of Our Lives, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement

1947★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism....

#2
Antonia's Line

Antonia's Line

1995★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down...

#3
Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

1940★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before h...

#4
No Time for Love

No Time for Love

1943★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River....

#5
The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The life and crimes of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman. The film tracks his life from discovering NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, to his perpetration of one of the largest ponzi scheme...

#6
City on Fire

City on Fire

1979★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Years of Our Lives for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city....