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10 Best Movies Like Human Affairs

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
Together Together

Together Together

2021★ 6.4

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

When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perce...

#3
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

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

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Human Affairs 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
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#6
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

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