Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Umut

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

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#1
Uprising

Uprising

2001★ 6.5

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

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis....

#2
Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

2010★ 7.0

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

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from t...

#3
Disgrace

Disgrace

2008★ 6.2

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

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and ...

#4
Chinese Box

Chinese Box

1997★ 5.8

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

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of China....

#5
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#6
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

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