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10 Best Movies Like Life Begins Today

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

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#1
Under the Same Moon

Under the Same Moon

2007★ 7.7

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

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mot...

#2
Lions Love

Lions Love

1969★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life Begins Today for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood....

#3
Lucky Them

Lucky Them

2013★ 6.0

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

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-st...

#4
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#6
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life Begins Today for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

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