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10 Best Movies Like The High Life

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

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#1
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#2
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life 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....

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The High Life 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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