Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ballads

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

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#1
Go, Go Second Time Virgin

Go, Go Second Time Virgin

1969★ 6.7

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

Go, Go, Second Time Virgin is the story of two damned and abused teenagers who meet and fall in mutant love on a Tokyo rooftop. Their only hope is to cement their love with an esca...

#2
Porno

Porno

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ballads for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a group of naive teens working at a movie theater in a small Christian town discover a mysterious film hidden in its basement, they unleash an alluring succubus who gives them...

#3
The Transgressor

The Transgressor

1974★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ballads for fans of Drama & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the...

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

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

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

#6
Life in a Year

Life in a Year

2020★ 8.2

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

A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left....

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