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10 Best Movies Like The Day He Arrives

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

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#1
War of the Arrows

War of the Arrows

2011★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day He Arrives for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchu...

#2
Yourself and Yours

Yourself and Yours

2016★ 6.2

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

While a South Korean man wanders the city in search of the woman he just broke up with, she successively meets and flirts with two men who claim to have met her before....

#3
Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite

2000★ 6.8

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

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action....

#4
Claire's Knee

Claire's Knee

1970★ 7.3

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

On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager,...

#5
Hill of Freedom

Hill of Freedom

2014★ 6.6

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

Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatte...

#6
Ilo Ilo

Ilo Ilo

2013★ 6.9

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

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son....