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10 Best Movies Like Eelam

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

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#1
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

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

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#3
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#6
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Eelam 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...

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