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Movies Like Bitter Waters

If you liked Bitter Waters (1954), a drama movie directed by Sergio Corbucci, 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. 1Things We Don't Say

    Things We Don't Say (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally published editorials. They live in…

  2. 2The Mass Is Ended

    The Mass Is Ended (1985)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Young Father Giulio returns to Rome, where he was born and raised, to replace a priest who has left the clergy to start a family. He is delighted to reunite with his loved ones, especially his mother, sister, and old…

  3. 3A Daughter

    A Daughter (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A middle-aged man, Pietro, becomes a widower and must take care of his daughter. He will never have the time to delve into his own pain, committing himself to raising his daughter with love and dedication, in an…

  4. 4A Chiara

    A Chiara (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the…

  5. 5Winter Lemons

    Winter Lemons (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Pietro and Eleonora, both avid gardeners, are strangers who only meet because their two terraces are close to each other. The relationship that grows between them helps them to alleviate the pain each feels over…

  6. 6Small Body

    Small Body (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A young woman in early-1900s Italy searches for a mystical sanctuary where her stillborn child can be brought back to life long enough to be baptized.

  7. 7100 Sundays

    100 Sundays (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Antonio, a former shipyard worker, leads a mild and peaceful life: he plays bowls with friends, takes care of his elderly mother, has an ex-wife with whom he is on excellent terms and Emilia, his only and beloved…

  8. 8Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten

    Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive on time. No road connects Africo with the other villages. In the wake…

  9. 9The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  10. 10Loro

    Loro (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title…

  11. 11The Hidden Child

    The Hidden Child (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Gabriele Santoro is a Professor of Pianoforte at the Music Conservatory San Pietro a Majella who lives in a working-class area of the city. One morning, while shaving his beard, the postman buzzes at the intercom to…

  12. 12The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  13. 13Vermiglio

    Vermiglio (2024)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    In the last days of the Second World War, a deserting soldier disrupts a tranquil and isolated mountain community. For one family, his arrival brings excitement and romance, but tragedy lies in wait.

  14. 14Paternal Leave

    Paternal Leave (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Torn between longing and anger, 15-year-old Leo travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. The two are complete strangers to each other. They struggle to find truth, affinity, love and the…

  15. 15Nostalgia

    Nostalgia (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.

  16. 16The Roof

    The Roof (1956)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This film follows the efforts of a family to erect the roof on a house overnight so that a newlywed…

  17. 17Sweetheart

    Sweetheart (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A reluctant summer together transforms into an enchanting adventure when a young boy discovers his aunt's mysterious Sicilian house holds secrets and, perhaps, ancient spirits lurking within its walls.

  18. 18Along the Ridge

    Along the Ridge (2006)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.

  19. 19Dormant Beauty

    Dormant Beauty (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.

  20. 20The Kindness of Strangers

    The Kindness of Strangers (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    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…

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