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10 Best Movies Like The Empty Nest

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

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#1
Her Story

Her Story

2024★ 7.6

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

Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with he...

#2
Van Gogh: Painted with Words

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

2010★ 7.3

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

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sen...

#3
Jade Dynasty

Jade Dynasty

2019★ 7.3

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

After the massacre of his village, Zhang Xiaofan is taken in by the Qing Yun Sect where he begins his journey of cultivation. When he finds out the truth behind the deaths of his p...

#4
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

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

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a...

#5
I Am Not Madame Bovary

I Am Not Madame Bovary

2016★ 6.8

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

Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached th...

#6
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

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