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Movies like El niño de agua

The best movies like El niño de agua are I Believe (2019), The End We Start From (2023) and Wild River (1960). If El niño de agua hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. I Believe (2019)

    A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The End We Start From (2023)

    As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  3. Wild River (1960)

    A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The Angels' Share (2012)

    Robbie is a Glasgow boy locked in a family feud who just wants a way out. On community service, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo. Little did Robbie imagine that turning to drink might change their lives, leading them to the distilleries of the Scottish Highlands and the biggest gamble of his life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Overboard (1987)

    Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Great Expectations (2012)

    Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Switch (2010)

    Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute, though slightly neurotic, son.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Black Box (2020)

    After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. The Million Pound Note (1954)

    An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. South Park the Streaming Wars Part 2 (2022)

    A drought has brought the town of South Park to the brink of disaster.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Home Alone (1990)

    Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

    In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Eat Pray Love (2010)

    A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

    Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. An Autumn Romance (2021)

    When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Even the Rain (2011)

    As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. The Safety of Objects (2002)

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

    When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like El niño de agua?

The closest matches to El niño de agua are I Believe (2019), The End We Start From (2023) and Wild River (1960). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after El niño de agua?

Start with I Believe (2019), the closest match to El niño de agua.

What is the highest-rated movie like El niño de agua?

Home Alone (1990), rated 7.5/10 by 13,064 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like El niño de agua?

The End We Start From (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like El niño de agua?

Yes: Even the Rain (2011).

How are movies similar to El niño de agua chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside El niño de agua, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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