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10 Best Movies Like To Live

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

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#1
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005★ 7.1

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

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospita...

#2
Still Life

Still Life

2006★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Live for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and becom...

#3
Feng Shui

Feng Shui

2012★ 7.4

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

One of the most acclaimed movies to come out of China last year, Feng Shui harnesses the talents of underrated actress Yan Bingyan to deliver this family drama about a woman desper...

#4
Happy, Happy

Happy, Happy

2010★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Live for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A perfect housewife, who just happens to be sex-starved, struggles to keep her emotions in check when an attractive family moves in next door....

#5
Baby

Baby

2018★ 5.6

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

When a woman who was abandoned at birth because of a genetic disorder sees a child facing the same fate, she finds herself trying to persuade their parents to reconsider and goes t...

#6
My Dear Liar

My Dear Liar

2019★ 6.8

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

In order to treat his 6-year-old son suffering from asthma, Wu Hai's friend Zhong Zhenjiang encourages him to get deliberately acquainted with Miaomiao. She is a network anchor who...