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10 Best Movies Like That Was Life

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to That Was Life 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...

#2
Desire

Desire

2017★ 6.0

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

Lucía and Ofelia, two sisters, finally meet after 7 years of cold relationships upon Lucia 's wedding. But when Juan, Lucia's husband, and Ofelia meet, they feel like a disruptive ...

#3
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015★ 6.3

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

Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another...

#4
The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model

2012★ 6.1

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

In occupied France in summer 1943, a world-weary famous sculptor finds the desire to work again with the arrival of a beautiful young Spanish refugee....

#5
Canon (Fidelidad al límite)

Canon (Fidelidad al límite)

2014★ 6.6

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

Mariana and Julian are a couple that have been happily married for many years. They have two kids: Juan Maria and Bibiana. They are in love and are very successful in their profess...

#6
Sin tetas no hay paraíso

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

2010★ 7.3

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

Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status a...

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