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10 Best Movies Like Janitzio

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

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#1
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#2
Under the Same Moon

Under the Same Moon

2007★ 7.7

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

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mot...

#3
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.8

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Janitzio 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
Enemigos

Enemigos

2025★ 7.7

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

Chimo turns 18 years and comes from a humble and supportive family. Since childhood he was bullied and even today, while working multiple jobs and dreaming of starting his own busi...

#6
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

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