Movies Like Evolution of a Filipino Family

If you liked Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004), a drama movie directed by Lav Diaz, 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
The Brutalist (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are…
2
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
★ 8.9/10Also drama
Following the release of Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three films into chronological order to create this nearly ten-hour epic, incorporating scenes not part of the theatrical…
3
Carlos (2010)
★ 7/10Also drama
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
4
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001)
★ 8.8/10Also drama
WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania PPV and was presented by Snickers Cruncher. It took place on April 1, 2001 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The event was the first WrestleMania…
5
The Irishman (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task…
6
WWE Wrestlemania X8 (2002)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
WrestleMania X8 was the eighteenth annual WrestleMania PPV and was presented by Sour Skittles. It took place on March 17, 2002 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario. As the nWo continues their crusade against the WWF…
7
WWE WrestleMania XX (2004)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
WrestleMania XX was the twentieth annual WrestleMania . It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main match for the Raw brand was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight…
8
Ludwig (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by…
9
The Banger Sisters (2002)
★ 5.7/10Also drama
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two…
10
Madame Favre's (2026)
Also drama
In a nursing home, a young man visits his grandmother. As she constantly repeats that she wants to go home, his grandson visits her now empty apartment, seeking to capture memories of a fading past.
11
Unforgettable (2024)
Also drama
On Christmas Eve, a burglar is tasked with stealing a necklace from an old lady. Nothing is going to go as planned…
12
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
13
The Track (1970)
★ 2.5/10Also drama
A successful doctor comes into conflict with his friends and family and is slowly driven towards suicide.
14
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card…
15
Os Santos (2022)
Also drama
Kaio just wanted a night of sex with Eduardo, a guy he just met on a dating app. But strange things happen when the Santos family shows up unannounced and prepares a special feast for the two of them.
16
Hager (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
After his colleague Schweitzer goes missing during a drug raid, undercover cop Till Hager is tasked with tracking down a mysterious new drug called "Abaddon" - a substance which supposedly drags it's users down the…
17
The Bank Job (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof…
18
102 Not Out (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
An unusual love-hate relationship between a 75-year-old son and his 102-year-old father, who wants to break the oldest-man-alive record.
19
That Good Night (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.
20
Now and Then (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they…