Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ballad

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020‱★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016‱★ 6.6

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

#3
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014‱★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#4
The Nest

The Nest

2020‱★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001‱★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009‱★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

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