Movies like The Seas Between Us (2019)
The best movies like The Seas Between Us (2019) are The Founder (2016), Good Burger (1997) and Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016). If The Seas Between Us hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMichael (2026)8.6/10 from 4,709 votes
- NewestMichael (2026)Released 2026
The Founder (2016)
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGood Burger (1997)
Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBecoming Warren Buffett (2017)
The story of the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the heroes who helped guide him along the way. By allowing access to his life and never-before-released home videos, Buffett offers a glimpse into his unique mind to help us understand what is truly important when money no longer has meaning.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Million Miles Away (2023)
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGood Burger 2 (2023)
Dexter Reed is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAvalon (1990)
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMichael (2026)
The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Card (1952)
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmerican Underdog (2021)
The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Secret of My Success (1987)
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Night in Casablanca (1946)
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mercy (2018)
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisTyson (1995)
The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaving Mr. Banks (2013)
Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCitizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEagle vs Shark (2007)
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Seas Between Us?
The closest matches to The Seas Between Us are The Founder (2016), Good Burger (1997) and Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Seas Between Us?
Start with The Founder (2016), the closest match to The Seas Between Us.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Seas Between Us?
Michael (2026), rated 8.6/10 by 4,709 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Seas Between Us?
Michael (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Seas Between Us?
Yes: The Founder (2016), Good Burger (1997) and Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016).
How are movies similar to The Seas Between Us chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Seas Between Us, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.