Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 08, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Udaan

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

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#1
Pariah

Pariah

2011★ 6.8

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

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

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

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#4
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#5
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Udaan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

#6
Partisan

Partisan

2015★ 6.1

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

On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the ...

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