Movies Like Meet Joe Black

If you liked Meet Joe Black (1998), a fantasy and drama movie directed by Martin Brest, 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
City of Angels (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his…
2
Autumn in New York (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…
3
Ghost (1990)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and romance
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
4
What Dreams May Come (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasy
After Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident, he is guided through the afterlife by his spirit guide, Albert. His new world is beautiful and can be whatever Chris imagines. Even his children are there. But, when his…
5
Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and drama
An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
6
The In Between (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama
After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.
7
Angel Eyes (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.
8
Moonlight Mile (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also romance and drama
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
9
The Age of Adaline (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and fantasy
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.
10
Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
11
Love at First Sight (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and drama
Hadley and Oliver begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?
12
Restless (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
13
Girls Like Girls (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama
After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.
14
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
15
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and drama
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
16
Life in a Year (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
17
Dying Young (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in…
18
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
19
Regretting You (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also romance and drama
Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.
20
A Ghost Story (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and fantasy
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and…