Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Childhood

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

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#1
Invisible Life

Invisible Life

2019★ 7.8

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

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her y...

#2
Vitória

Vitória

2025★ 7.9

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

Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement ...

#3
Casa Grande

Casa Grande

2014★ 6.8

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

As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the fami...

#4
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Childhood 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
The Movie of My Life

The Movie of My Life

2017★ 7.3

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

The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college h...

#6
Mango Yellow

Mango Yellow

2002★ 6.6

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

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil....

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