Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Life and Death

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

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#1
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life and Death 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...

#3
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#4
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

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

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

#5
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#6
The Ghoul

The Ghoul

2017★ 6.0

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

A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line betwe...

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