15 Movies Like When I Saw You
Loved When I Saw You? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Capernaum
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
All That's Left of You
In the Occupied West Bank in Palestine of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of ethnic cleansing, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
From the Ashes: The Pit
Trapped in an underground pit during a storm, three students from an all-girls school must confront their personal conflicts as they fight to survive.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
The Good Lie
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
I Was a Stranger
A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
Starving in Suburbia
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
Sweetness in the Belly
Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
The River
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
All Together Now
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
Chief Omar Harb
Omar Harb runs a gambling casino. A quiet young man lands a job at the casino, despite his family's abhorrence and disapproval, to get the money necessary for his marriage. He excels at work and catches the attention of the manager who chooses him for a challenging task.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
Fort Bliss
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked When I Saw You.
Escaping Tel Aviv
A seemingly ordinary life is shattered when a woman uncovers a hidden truth about her husband, plunging her into a high-stakes international conflict. As loyalties blur and danger escalates, an Egyptian intelligence officer is tasked with a critical mission where failure is not an option.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.
Bittersweet
An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to When I Saw You.