Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like A Birthday

If you loved A Birthday, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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, an...

#3
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#4
Blast

Blast

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situatio...

#5
Origin

Origin

2023★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience....

#6
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Birthday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

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