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10 Best Movies Like A Brand New Life

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

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#1
I Wish

I Wish

2011★ 7.3

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

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting mir...

#2
Reservation Road

Reservation Road

2007★ 6.5

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

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unex...

#3
Secret Sunshine

Secret Sunshine

2007★ 7.2

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

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden traged...

#4
Sintel

Sintel

2010★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Brand New Life for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A wandering warrior finds an unlikely friend in the form of a young dragon. The two develop a close bond, until one day the dragon is snatched away. She then sets out on a relentle...

#5
Microhabitat

Microhabitat

2018★ 7.6

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

Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give...

#6
The World of Us

The World of Us

2016★ 7.5

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

A bullied girl becomes friends with a new kid during a break, but when classes start up again, their new friendship is nearly ruined when the bullying continues....