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10 Best Movies Like Such Is Life

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

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#1
In My Father's Den

In My Father's Den

2004★ 7.0

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

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befri...

#2
Around the Bend

Around the Bend

2004★ 5.9

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

A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years ...

#3
The War Zone

The War Zone

1999★ 6.8

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

An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret....

#4
Boomerang

Boomerang

2015★ 6.2

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

When Antoine returns to the island of Noirmoutier, secrets kept in the past resurfaces and threatens to change his family’s present....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
Comme les 5 doigts de la main

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Such Is Life for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Five brothers similar yet different, raised by a mother widowed too early. One of them had left the family when he returns, pursued by a gang of smugglers, he find shelter in his f...

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