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10 Best Movies Like Favela

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

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#1
Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010★ 6.7

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

Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune....

#2
Elis

Elis

2016★ 7.2

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

The film tells the story of the energetic and pulsating singer Elis Regina since her arrival in Rio de Janeiro at age 19 until her tragic and early death. Despite all the difficult...

#3
Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2019★ 6.0

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

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and am...

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

#6
Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

2015★ 7.0

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

West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition....

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