Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like By the Fire

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

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#1
Post Tenebras Lux

Post Tenebras Lux

2012★ 6.1

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

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to el...

#2
Our Time

Our Time

2018★ 6.6

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

A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the be...

#3
Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

2021★ 7.6

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

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls...

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Fire 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-...

#5
The Good Girls

The Good Girls

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Fire 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....

#6
Tótem

Tótem

2023★ 6.8

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

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other rela...

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