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10 Best Movies Like The Water-Carrier Is Dead

If you loved The Water-Carrier Is Dead, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cairo 30

Cairo 30

1966★ 7.5

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

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he w...

#2
SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals

SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals

2014★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water-Carrier Is Dead for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A new member has joined Eli and the Shane Gang! Junjie, once the protector of the Eastern Caverns, is a master of the slugslinging art of Slug Fu! But even with the power of five s...

#3
.hack//G.U. Returner

.hack//G.U. Returner

2007★ 7.4

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

The characters receive an email from Ovan requesting them to go to Δ Hidden Forbidden Festival where a mysterious summer festival is set up. There they encounter an AIDA Chim Chim ...

#4
The Symphony of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Symphony of Haruhi Suzumiya

2009★ 8.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water-Carrier Is Dead for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Symphony of Haruhi Suzumiya or The String Performance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの弦奏 Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou), was an event featuring several songs and background music used in...

#5
Return of Sabata

Return of Sabata

1971★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water-Carrier Is Dead for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. ...

#6
Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Water-Carrier Is Dead for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet....