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10 Best Movies Like A Vida é Assim

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Vida é Assim 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 Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
Parting Glances

Parting Glances

1986★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Vida é Assim for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michael and Robert, two gay men living in Brooklyn, spend their last day together before Robert leaves for Africa on work assignment. Michael still has feelings for his friend Nick...

#3
The Middle of the World

The Middle of the World

2003★ 6.6

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

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the...

#4
Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love

1982★ 5.8

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

A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right befo...

#5
Love for Sale

Love for Sale

2006★ 7.3

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

In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This be...

#6
Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Vida é Assim for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce....

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