Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hawla

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

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#1
All or Nothing

All or Nothing

2002★ 7.1

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

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, w...

#2
Jeffrey

Jeffrey

1995★ 6.2

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

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it...

#3
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#4
The Sessions

The Sessions

2012★ 6.9

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

Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disab...

#5
Sebastian

Sebastian

2024★ 6.4

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

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilarati...

#6
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hawla for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted ...

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