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10 Best Movies Like A Difficult Beginning

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sรฉrgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Difficult Beginning 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...

#3
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021โ€ขโ˜… 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960โ€ขโ˜… 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Difficult Beginning 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....

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