Movies Like After Life
If you liked After Life (1999), a fantasy and drama movie directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 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.
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Aftersun (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with…
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The Straight Story (1999)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaRetired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in…
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
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Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also fantasy and dramaTwo years after bringing peace to the galaxy, Steven Universe sees his past come back to haunt him in the form of a deranged Gem who wants to destroy the Earth.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyFive years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds…
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaUpon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may…
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The Tree of Life (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and fantasyThe impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a…
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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also fantasyA group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
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The Boy and the Beast (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and fantasyKyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his…
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A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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The Land Before Time (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaAn orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs…
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Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaEstranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.
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The Book of Life (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasyThe journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans…
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Dad (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the…
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Still Walking (2008)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyWhen a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
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The Life of Chuck (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasyIn this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasyHushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe—for a time…
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Mirai (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy and dramaFour-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on…
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Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyA teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…