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10 Best Movies Like First Days

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

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#1
Adú

Adú

2020★ 6.9

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

In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far...

#2
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.9

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#3
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#4
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Days 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....

#5
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Days 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...

#6
One Year, One Night

One Year, One Night

2022★ 5.9

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

Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave...

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