
10 Best Movies Like Dreams of a Life
If you loved Dreams of a Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Cake
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide....

The Imposter
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in so...

Veronika Decides to Die
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment,...

Heavenly Creatures
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship ...

Into the Abyss
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into t...

Van Diemen's Land
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dreams of a Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convict...