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10 Best Movies Like Alex: The Life of a Child

If you loved Alex: The Life of a Child, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
CODA

CODA

2021★ 7.9

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

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Parasite

Parasite

2019★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Alex: The Life of a Child for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident....

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...