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10 Best Movies Like Wadjda

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

#1
C/o Kancharapalem

C/o Kancharapalem

2018★ 7.2

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

From a schoolboy’s crush to a middle-aged bachelor’s office romance, four love stories spanning age, religion and status unfold in a small Indian town....

#2
Miral

Miral

2010★ 5.7

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

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict....

#3
UFO in Her Eyes

UFO in Her Eyes

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wadjda for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Kwok Yun is a simple woman who leads a peasant’s life in the peaceful mountains around remote Three-Headed Bird Village. One day, after a countryside tryst with a married man, she ...

#4
A Useful Life

A Useful Life

2010★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wadjda for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life as the cinema he's worked at for over 25 years faces closure....

#5
Whatever Lola wants

Whatever Lola wants

2007★ 6.3

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

A Brooklyn postal worker follows her Egyptian boyfriend to Cairo where she takes belly-dancing lessons from a legendary but disgraced Egyptian dancer....

#6
Waterdrop

Waterdrop

2015★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wadjda for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Tribute to the book "The Dark Forest" by Cixin Liu...