Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Lahja

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

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#1
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lahja 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
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lahja 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
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

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

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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