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Movies Like Yanni

If you liked Yanni (2023), a drama movie directed by Rachid Allaoua, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Skin

    Skin (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

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

  2. 2Michou d'Auber

    Michou d'Auber (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older…

  3. 3Heaven Will Wait

    Heaven Will Wait (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world…

  4. 4Hadewijch

    Hadewijch (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.

  5. 5Adieu Philippine

    Adieu Philippine (1962)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who…

  6. 6Chaos

    Chaos (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady…

  7. 7The Divide

    The Divide (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter with Yann, an angry and injured…

  8. 8Brother

    Brother (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then…

  9. 924 Days

    24 Days (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".

  10. 10Thank You, Life

    Thank You, Life (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. As the…

  11. 11Another Day

    Another Day (2026)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Garance is a young actress, but not a star. She manages everything as best she can, valiant, cheerful, a soldier, and she finds in alcohol an unconditional fuel, a source of comfort. Garance changes her life and begins…

  12. 12Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love (2015)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.

  13. 13What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

  14. 14For My Country

    For My Country (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through his family, controversy arises…

  15. 15Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

  16. 16Pimp

    Pimp (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…

  17. 17The Insult

    The Insult (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

  18. 18The Cage

    The Cage (1975)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the…

  19. 19Farming

    Farming (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    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. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of…

  20. 20Hardball

    Hardball (2001)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

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