Movies Like Bala perdida

If you liked Bala perdida (2001), a romance and drama movie directed by Aldo Salvini, 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
Perras (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance
Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and…
2
The Gambler (1979)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance
Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to…
3
Killer Heat (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama
An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
4
The Principal (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the…
5
Blue Story (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a…
6
Dreams (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.
7
The Heart Knows (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama
After a heart transplant, Manuel feels a personality shift and explores his donor's life, leading him to meet the widowed Vale and her community.
8
Lost in the Night (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crime
A young man from a small mining town embroils himself with a wealthy family with a dubious past.
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Amor Bandido (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama
Joan is a naïve, 16-year-old who falls in love easily. One day he decides to escape to the provinces with Luciana, a beautiful 35-year-old woman and a teacher at his school, in order to give free rein to his love…
10
Las acacias (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance
Rubén is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to…
11
Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama
Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status and money. She leaves her boyfriend…
12
Tell Me When (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance
After his grandfather's death, a young man decides to fulfill his elder's last wish with the help of his new friends. The problem starts when he falls in love with a female friend who may not feel the same.
13
Anonymously Yours (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance
After an accidental text message turns into a digital friendship, Vale and Alex start crushing on each other without realizing they've met in real life.
14
Sugar Kisses (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama
Nacho, a 13 year old boy, crosses the threshold of adolescence trying to find his place in life in all the wrong places: a dysfunctional family and a social setting that is corrupt and violent. Can the purity of first…
15
Love Hurts (2002)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and romance
Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.
16
Three on a Match (1932)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
17
Broken Embraces (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
18
Fire with Fire (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…
19
Nora Roberts' Montana Sky (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and romance
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
20
The Bosses (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
Set in 2013 Monterrey, Poncho is a student at a prestigious college, he goes to get weed with his friend El Greñas, they go to La Bomba to get some. Although when La Bomba runs out of weed, they decide to take him on a…