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10 Best Movies Like Life Is a Bitch

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

#1
Custody

Custody

2018★ 7.5

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

Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to kee...

#2
The Edge of Democracy

The Edge of Democracy

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life Is a Bitch for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access...

#3
Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop

Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop

2004★ 7.1

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

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from th...

#4
Unicorn

Unicorn

2017★ 6.8

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

A young girl of 13 lives with her mother on an isolated property. They are awaiting the return of their father and husband. But instead, another man appears, transforming the relat...

#5
Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012★ 8.2

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

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner....

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....