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10 Best Movies Like The Hard Years

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

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#1
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

#3
Post Tenebras Lux

Post Tenebras Lux

2012★ 6.1

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

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to el...

#4
The Good Girls

The Good Girls

2019★ 6.5

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

Sofía, a well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis....

#5
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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