Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Contraluz

If you loved Contraluz, 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 Contraluz 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
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

#3
Our Time

Our Time

2018★ 6.6

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

#4
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contraluz 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
Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997★ 7.5

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

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

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