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10 Best Movies Like Water

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

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#1
Blue

Blue

1993★ 7.1

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

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, bo...

#2
Abraham

Abraham

1993★ 7.0

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

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind... A man of great faith, A...

#3
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Water for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

#4
The Gods Must Be Crazy

The Gods Must Be Crazy

1980★ 7.3

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

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods....

#5
Deep Water

Deep Water

2006★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Water for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-...

#6
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Water for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready...

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