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10 Best Movies Like A Borrowed Life

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

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

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#3
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.8

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#4
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

2007★ 6.8

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

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart....

#5
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#6
Youth

Youth

2017★ 7.3

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

A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences re...

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