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10 Best Movies Like Ali and Danny

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

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#1
Sun Children

Sun Children

2021★ 7.0

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

The story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make ...

#2
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ali and Danny for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

#3
What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

2003★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ali and Danny for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's...

#4
Close-Up

Close-Up

1990★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ali and Danny for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf...

#5
The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

1980★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ali and Danny for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative d...

#6
The Mambo Kings

The Mambo Kings

1992★ 6.3

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

The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream....

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