Movies Like Cry Me a River

If you liked Cry Me a River, a movie directed by Jake Schaumberg-Dineen, 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
A Walk to Remember (2002)
★ 7.7/10
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as…
2
Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
★ 6.8/10
Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way…
3
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
★ 7.1/10
Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.
4
Stardust Memories (1980)
★ 6.9/10
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
5
May (2003)
★ 6.6/10
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
6
Clouds (2020)
★ 8.2/10
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
7
The Lonely Guy (1984)
★ 6.2/10
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
8
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
★ 7.3/10
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact…
9
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)
★ 6.4/10
Two high school students become stranded on a tropical island and must rely on each other for survival. They learn more about themselves and each other while falling in love.
10
Malcolm & Marie (2021)
★ 7/10
As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smoldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
11
Everybody’s Everything (2019)
★ 8.4/10
The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.
12
The Art of Getting By (2011)
★ 6.6/10
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred…
13
Living in Oblivion (1995)
★ 7.2/10
Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy…
14
The Human Voice (2020)
★ 6.7/10
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.
15
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
★ 6.9/10
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
16
Great Expectations (1998)
★ 6.7/10
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever…
17
Equals (2015)
★ 6.1/10
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
18
Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
★ 8/10
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.
19
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
★ 8.3/10
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
20
Collateral Beauty (2016)
★ 7.2/10
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of…