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10 Best Movies Like The Signs

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

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#1
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#2
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004★ 6.8

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

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested ...

#3
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

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

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

#4
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#5
Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970★ 6.3

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

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment...

#6
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

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

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....