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10 Best Movies Like Kanavan

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

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#1
Secret Name

Secret Name

2021★ 6.0

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

Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She ...

#2
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kanavan 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
Our Ties

Our Ties

2022★ 6.3

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

Moussa has always been gentle, altruistic and present for his family. This is the opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter of great notoriety who is reproached for his selfishn...

#4
Just Like Our Parents

Just Like Our Parents

2017★ 7.1

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

Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the exp...

#5
Haute Couture

Haute Couture

2021★ 6.1

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

Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of ...

#6
Kaala

Kaala

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kanavan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha....