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10 Best Movies Like Babel

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

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#1
21 Grams

21 Grams

2003★ 7.3

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

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a b...

#2
Biutiful

Biutiful

2010★ 7.3

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

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the ...

#3
Amores Perros

Amores Perros

2000★ 7.6

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

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless m...

#4
The Mexican

The Mexican

2001★ 5.9

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

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"...

#5
Spy Game

Spy Game

2001★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Babel for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is co...

#6
Fair Game

Fair Game

2010★ 6.5

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

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she ...