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Movies Like Plant Life

If you liked Plant Life (2020), a movie directed by Baek Seung-hwa, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Burning

    Burning (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces…

  2. 2Silent Running

    Silent Running (1972)

    ★ 6.4/10

    After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor…

  3. 3The Super

    The Super (1991)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole…

  4. 4Mr. Church

    Mr. Church (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10

    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 fifteen years.

  5. 5The Kindness of Strangers

    The Kindness of Strangers (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter…

  6. 6Nine Lives

    Nine Lives (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

  7. 7Castaway on the Moon

    Castaway on the Moon (2009)

    ★ 7.9/10

    Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of…

  8. 8Urchin

    Urchin (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.

  9. 9Henry Poole Is Here

    Henry Poole Is Here (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

  10. 10Mainstream

    Mainstream (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.

  11. 11Parasite

    Parasite (2019)

    ★ 8.5/10

    All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

  12. 12Joe Versus the Volcano

    Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

  13. 13Peppermint Candy

    Peppermint Candy (2000)

    ★ 7.5/10

    In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's…

  14. 14Riff-Raff

    Riff-Raff (1991)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with…

  15. 15The Good Heart

    The Good Heart (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a…

  16. 16Thread of Lies

    Thread of Lies (2014)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-ji's best friend Hwa-yeon is behind…

  17. 17The Swimmer

    The Swimmer (1968)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

  18. 18Lost in Translation

    Lost in Translation (2003)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from…

  19. 19Poor Cow

    Poor Cow (1967)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to…

  20. 20House of Sand and Fog

    House of Sand and Fog (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict…

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