Movies like The Memory of Water (2015)
The best movies like The Memory of Water (2015) are Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Camino (2008) and The Sleeping Voice (2011). If The Memory of Water hooked you with its drama and romance, these 29 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLife in a Year (2020)8.2/10 from 2,027 votes
- NewestBoulevard (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishDark Blue Almost Black (2006)Also in Spanish
Dark Blue Almost Black (2006)
Jorge feels suffocated by his menial job but can't break free of the obligations that keep him stuck — until he meets a woman who shakes his life up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCamino (2008)
A religious organization interferes with the life of a terminally ill girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sleeping Voice (2011)
Finished the Spanish Civil War in April 1939, in November 1940, while Spain is being crushed by the ruthless boot of dictator Franco, Pepita travels from rural Córdoba to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia, who is seven months pregnant and imprisoned, haunted by the shadow of a death sentence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Want You (2012)
After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUn amor (2023)
Upon settling in the countryside village of La Escapa, Nat accepts a disturbing sexual proposal by neighbour Andreas, paving the way for a self-consuming passion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Firefly (2013)
After her estranged brother's sudden death, young wife Lucia bonds with his fiancée through their shared grief and finds herself falling in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bride (2015)
Based on the famous play "Bodas de sangre" (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca, La novia tells the story of a passionate love triangle. A bride leaves her groom, no longer able to withstand the surging desires of her lover, Leonordo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like this10,000 Km (2014)
Two people in love, two apartments - one in Barcelona and another in Los Angeles - and the images of their past, present and future. Can love survive 10,000 km?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFor a Handful of Kisses (2014)
A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNot Easily Broken (2009)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLife in a Year (2020)
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisWander Darkly (2020)
New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind (2017)
A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove Hurts (2002)
Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisFire with Fire (1986)
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heart Knows (2025)
After a heart transplant, Manuel feels a personality shift and explores his donor's life, leading him to meet the widowed Vale and her community.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaising Victor Vargas (2003)
Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGabriel's Redemption: Part I (2023)
After leaving his prestigious post at the University of Toronto, Gabriel embarks on a new journey with Julia, and he is eager to become a father. However, Gabriel's idyllic vision is jeopardized when Julia's intensive program becomes all consuming. When Julia is granted a prestigious opportunity to deliver an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel challenges her about the subject of her presentation, which clashes with his own research. In Oxford, their past resurfaces, including an old nemesis determined to humiliate Julia and expose one of Gabriel's well-guarded secrets. Emotions run high, alliances are tested, and the couple must confront the shadows of their shared history in a battle for love, truth, and redemption.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLa Ley Del Monte (1976)
After etching their love on a stalk, a boy and girl reunite years later, reigniting their romance amidst the Mexican Revolution.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaria's Lovers (1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBegin the Beguine (1982)
A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoonlight Mile (2002)
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoulevard (2026)
Hasley, a girl with a list of unfulfilled dreams, and Luke, a complex and vulnerable boy marked by a tragic past, find refuge on the boulevard where they discover if love can conquer all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHeart of the Country (2013)
With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried emotions of sudden death of Faith’s mother years ago, and learn to be a family again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the City of Sylvia (2007)
A man returns to a city to try to track down a woman he met six years earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022)
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Lovers (2016)
Carlos is a professionally frustrated screenwriter, and Irene is not sure what she wants to do with her life. When Irene meets Carlos at a coffee shop, she approaches him and, although she doesn't know him, proposes to play a game.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Memory of Water?
The closest matches to The Memory of Water are Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Camino (2008) and The Sleeping Voice (2011). Below are 26 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Memory of Water?
People who watched The Memory of Water most often go on to Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Camino (2008) and The Sleeping Voice (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Memory of Water?
Life in a Year (2020), rated 8.2/10 by 2,027 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Memory of Water?
Boulevard (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like The Memory of Water?
Yes: Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Camino (2008) and The Sleeping Voice (2011).
How are movies similar to The Memory of Water chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Memory of Water, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.