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10 Best Movies Like Anhelo

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

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#1
Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid

2011★ 6.5

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

Silvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is barely twenty-five, she decides to start over and to face the people, feelings and emotions that keep her bound to th...

#2
The Good Girls

The Good Girls

2019★ 6.5

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

Sofía, a well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis....

#3
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

2015★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anhelo 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 Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#5
Herself

Herself

2020★ 6.7

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

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws...

#6
Lucca's World

Lucca's World

2025★ 7.3

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

Determined to help her son, who has cerebral palsy, Bárbara takes her family to India for an experimental treatment....

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