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10 Best Movies Like To Better Days

If you loved To Better Days, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#2
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Better Days 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....

#4
Something Useful

Something Useful

2017★ 7.3

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

A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life....

#5
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Better Days 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....

#6
Innocence

Innocence

1997★ 7.7

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

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Because of unexpected problems at his sister’s house, he finds himself in a cheap hotel where he meets a man, a wom...

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