Movies Like My Life Without Me

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Secret Life of Words

2005·1h 55m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Elegy

2008·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

2009·1h 49m·★ 5.9·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

The Bookshop

2017·1h 50m·★ 6.5·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

It Snows in Benidorm

2020·1h 57m·★ 5.3·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Another Me

2013·1h 26m·★ 4.6·Isabel Coixet

2 shared crewDir. Isabel CoixetDP: Jean-Claude Larrieu

Magnolia

1999·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Paul Thomas Anderson

4 shared themes: farewell, daughter, parent child relationship...Fans also liked

Top Gun

1986·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Tony Scott

Themes: secret love, dying and deathDrama & Romance

Lars and the Real Girl

2007·1h 47m·★ 7.3·Craig Gillespie

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Something's Gotta Give

2003·2h 8m·★ 6.8·Nancy Meyers

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Hereditary

2018·2h 8m·★ 7.3·Ari Aster

Themes: daughter, parent child relationship

Ice Age

2002·1h 21m·★ 7.5·Chris Wedge

Themes: parent child relationship, dying and death

Yesterday

2004·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Darrell James Roodt

TMDB recommends

The Last Song

2010·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Julie Anne Robinson

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Elena Undone

2010·1h 51m·★ 6.1·Nicole Conn

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

The Wedding Date

2005·1h 28m·★ 6.1·Clare Kilner

TMDB recommends

Restless

2011·1h 31m·★ 6.7·Gus Van Sant

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

The White Masai

2005·2h 11m·★ 6.4·Hermine Huntgeburth

TMDB recommends

Tortilla Soup

2001·1h 43m·★ 6.7·María Ripoll

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How Good Is My Life Without Me?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.