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10 Best Movies Like The Day After

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

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#1
Virgin Mountain

Virgin Mountain

2015★ 7.2

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

Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world....

#2
Just to Be Sure

Just to Be Sure

2017★ 6.4

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

Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly...

#3
Veteran

Veteran

2015★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day After for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, h...

#4
Late Autumn

Late Autumn

2011★ 6.8

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

Anna learns in prison that her mother has passed away in Seattle. Prison officials grants Anna a three day furlough to attend her mother's funeral. Anna embarks on a long trip to S...

#5
Othello

Othello

1951★ 7.3

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

When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself wit...

#6
Crash Test Aglae

Crash Test Aglae

2017★ 6.2

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

Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to every...