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10 Best Movies Like I Want to Live!

If you loved I Want to Live!, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Believer

The Believer

2001★ 6.9

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

A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's ...

#2
Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958★ 6.9

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

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going profe...

#3
Tombs of the Blind Dead

Tombs of the Blind Dead

1972★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Want to Live! for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In 13th century Berzano, a legion of knights known as the Templar were executed for conducting black magic rituals and committing human sacrifices in a quest for eternal life. 700 ...

#4
War and Peace

War and Peace

1956★ 6.7

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

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army....

#5
The Good Earth

The Good Earth

1937★ 6.2

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

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the y...

#6
The Little Colonel

The Little Colonel

1935★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Want to Live! for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several...