Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Next to Us

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

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#1
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#2
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#3
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.8

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

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Next to Us 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....

#5
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#6
Flights in Dreams and in Reality

Flights in Dreams and in Reality

1983★ 6.5

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

On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the clos...

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