Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like El Sur

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

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#1
Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007★ 6.0

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

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as profession...

#2
53 Sundays

53 Sundays

2026★ 6.0

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

When three siblings agree to meet and discuss their aging father's future, their reunion spirals into bickering, bantering and reliving old grudges....

#3
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.8

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1980★ 5.9

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

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer....

#6
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

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