Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ivan

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

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#1
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

#3
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#5
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

#6
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

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