Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Lahja

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

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#1
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#2
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#3
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

#4
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

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

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

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