Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Green Years

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

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#1
Lisbon Story

Lisbon Story

1994★ 7.1

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

Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to fi...

#2
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#3
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Green Years 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-...

#4
The Second Mother

The Second Mother

2015★ 8.0

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

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financi...

#5
Body Electric

Body Electric

2017★ 6.0

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

Elias is a handsome young deputy manager in a garment factory in São Paulo. When he’s not working, he enjoys casual encounters in the big city. The arrival of a young African, Fern...

#6
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

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