Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Present

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

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#1
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#2
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present 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...

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present 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...

#4
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Present 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....

#5
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

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

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

#6
Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

2021★ 7.6

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

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls...

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