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Movies like The Time that Rests (2007)

The best movies like The Time that Rests (2007) are Hotel Coppelia (2021), The Safety of Objects (2002) and The Beloved (2026). If The Time that Rests hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Hotel Coppelia (2021)

    1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. 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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  3. The Beloved (2026)

    Acclaimed film director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his latest project, he offers his daughter Emilia a role under the pretext of helping her with her stalled acting career. Living together on set will foster a closeness they haven’t shared for years, but it will also reopen old wounds that never healed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

    Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Clandestine Childhood (2012)

    Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true events, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is one about love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

    In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Paradise (1991)

    A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

    Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)

    An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Until the End of the World (2026)

    Manuel's life is upended when Esmeralda, his lost love from 15 years ago, calls unexpectedly. Despite being set to marry another, he rediscovers Esmeralda, and they realize their love transcends time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)

    West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. My Life Without Me (2003)

    A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Lorelei (2020)

    A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Girl in the Book (2015)

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  15. After Lucia (2012)

    Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Human Voice (2020)

    A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Brutalist (2024)

    When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. 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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  19. All Hail (2022)

    A famous TV weatherman, Miguel Flores, becomes public enemy number one when he fails to predict a terrible hailstorm. He is forced out of the big city, Buenos Aires, fleeing the capital for his birthplace of Córdoba. The result will be a voyage of rediscovery that is as absurd as it is human.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Strange Weather (2016)

    Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Time that Rests?

The closest matches to The Time that Rests are Hotel Coppelia (2021), The Safety of Objects (2002) and The Beloved (2026). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Time that Rests?

Start with Hotel Coppelia (2021), the closest match to The Time that Rests.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Time that Rests?

Girl, Interrupted (1999), rated 7.6/10 by 4,338 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Time that Rests?

Until the End of the World (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like The Time that Rests?

Yes: Hotel Coppelia (2021), The Beloved (2026) and Clandestine Childhood (2012).

How are movies similar to The Time that Rests chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Time that Rests, 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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