Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like This is Us

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

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#1
The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County

1995★ 7.7

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

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s....

#2
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#3
Braveheart

Braveheart

1995★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This is Us for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village ...

#4
Jude

Jude

1996★ 6.3

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

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage...

#5
The Whale

The Whale

2022★ 7.8

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

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption....

#6
Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

2010★ 6.2

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

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world jou...

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