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10 Best Movies Like The Rain People

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

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#1
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#2
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

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

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

#3
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

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

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revo...

#4
Waitress

Waitress

2007★ 6.7

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

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life....

#5
Unpregnant

Unpregnant

2020★ 6.9

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

After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Al...

#6
Call Jane

Call Jane

2022★ 6.5

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

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help....

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