Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Vida

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

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#1
Anuja

Anuja

2024ā€¢ā˜… 6.5

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

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future....

#2
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015ā€¢ā˜… 6.8

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016ā€¢ā˜… 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
Babylon

Babylon

1980ā€¢ā˜… 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Vida 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...

#5
Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997ā€¢ā˜… 7.5

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

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

#6
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015ā€¢ā˜… 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

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