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10 Best Movies Like My Uncle José

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

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#1
Strings

Strings

2004★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Uncle José for fans of Animation & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Prince Hal who sets out to avenge his dead father against the city's rivals, the Zeriths, little knowing it was his wicked uncle Nezo who is the real killer, with his ...

#2
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#3
We Die Young

We Die Young

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Uncle José for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran come...

#4
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#5
Burn Your Maps

Burn Your Maps

2016★ 7.1

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

A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in...

#6
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

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