Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like A Birthday

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

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#1
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
Blast

Blast

2022★ 6.7

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

In a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situatio...

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
My Little Princess

My Little Princess

2011★ 6.5

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

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer ...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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