Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Bad Starters

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Starters 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....

#2
Secret Name

Secret Name

2021★ 6.0

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

Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She ...

#3
The Nun

The Nun

2013★ 6.2

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

Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a mar...

#4
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#5
The Search

The Search

2014★ 6.8

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

A woman who works for a non-governmental organization (NGO) forms a special relationship with a young boy in war-torn Chechnya....

#6
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

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