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10 Best Movies Like Elis

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

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#1
VIPs

VIPs

2011★ 6.4

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

Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and u...

#2
City of God: 10 Years Later

City of God: 10 Years Later

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elis for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows ...

#3
Julio Sumiu

Julio Sumiu

2014★ 5.6

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

Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian)...

#4
Muita Calma Nessa Hora

Muita Calma Nessa Hora

2010★ 6.0

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

Three young friends, Tita, Mari and Aninha decide to change their situations and travel to a beach place for a weekend. On the road, they meet Estrella, a hippie that wants a hide ...

#5
All Love Songs

All Love Songs

2018★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elis for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier to her husband Daniel. Albeit separat...

#6
Brazilian Western

Brazilian Western

2013★ 6.3

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

When João goes to Brazil in search of a better life, he meets punk music enthusiast Maria and falls in love with her. But his involvement in the local drug trade makes him the targ...