Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 15, 2026

10 Best Movies Like It Isn't Easy

If you loved It Isn't Easy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Septembers of Shiraz

Septembers of Shiraz

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolut...

#2
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#3
The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a s...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#5
Into the Forest

Into the Forest

2016★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fig...

#6
Holy Lands

Holy Lands

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Isn't Easy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours...

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