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10 Best Movies Like What We're Owed

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

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#1
The Good Earth

The Good Earth

1937★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the y...

#2
The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationshi...

#3
The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

1993★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts....

#4
The Claim

The Claim

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town...

#5
Overboard

Overboard

1987★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overb...

#6
A Line of Fire

A Line of Fire

2025★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We're Owed for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack 'Cash' Conry left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to his two daughters. Despite a fu...

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