15 Movies Like Winter Sleep

Loved Winter Sleep? 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.

Miracle in Cell No. 7
#1

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Dilberay
#2

Dilberay

Born into a poor family with eight children in Kahramanmaraş, Dilber Ay endured many sorrows and hardships in the life she began in a tent. At the age of 13, she was sold to an older man for money, they married, and had children. She was beaten and tortured for singing, but despite all the pain she endured, she rose to the top of the stage with the strength she drew from her God-given voice, and she also experienced prison. She never gave up, always singing her way out of the bottomless pits she fell into.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Train Dreams
#3

Train Dreams

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Aftersun
#4

Aftersun

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Two Worlds One Wish
#5

Two Worlds One Wish

Twenty-one years after a magical meeting at a children's hospital, Bilge and Can suddenly begin hearing each other's voices telepathically. What seems like a miracle soon reveals a hidden secret, as fate-reuniting them after decades-has much more in store.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Aşk Sadece Bir An
#6

Aşk Sadece Bir An

A young man and woman from very different backgrounds fall in love but their relationship faces obstacles from his troubled past and her overprotective parents.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Borrowed Bride
#7

Borrowed Bride

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

3:10 to Yuma
#8

3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Blue Cave
#9

Blue Cave

When Cem finds himself at the brink of losing the love of his life, Alara, he embarks on an expedition to the Blue Cave, Alara's most beloved archeological site, to feel close to her again.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Here
#10

Here

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Fathers and Daughters
#11

Fathers and Daughters

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Fahrenheit 451
#12

Fahrenheit 451

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.

Nobody's Home
#13

Nobody's Home

After her father’s sudden death, Feride takes on the role of the father in the family. Her mother, Nurcan, desperately tries to replace her lost husband with Feride, while her brother, İlker, starts to drift away from the family. Feride decides to break free, changing everyone’s fate.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Cooked
#14

Cooked

Chef and owner Sina Bora faces personal and professional challenges on one of his restaurant's busiest nights. His father's emergency surgery, staff tensions and his former mentor Renzo's plans to take over push Sina to make tough decisions.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Winter Sleep.

Jeremiah Johnson
#15

Jeremiah Johnson

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Winter Sleep.