Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Laïka

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#3
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Through the Fire

Through the Fire

2018★ 7.3

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

Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in da...

#6
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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