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Movies Like January First

If you liked January First (2022), a movie directed by Constanza Lobos Arévalo, 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. 1Two Lovers

    Two Lovers (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

  2. 2200 Cigarettes

    200 Cigarettes (1999)

    ★ 5.8/10

    In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.

  3. 3About Fate

    About Fate (2022)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Two strangers believe in love but never seem to be able to find its true meaning. In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other's path on one stormy New Year's Eve.

  4. 4Machuca

    Machuca (2004)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio"…

  5. 5Chile '76

    Chile '76 (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

  6. 6Repeat Performance

    Repeat Performance (1947)

    ★ 6.1/10

    On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult…

  7. 7Café Society

    Café Society (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

  8. 8Endless Poetry

    Endless Poetry (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic…

  9. 9London

    London (2005)

    ★ 6/10

    London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.

  10. 10The Battle of Chile: Part III

    The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Guzmán’s final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende’s opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their toppled leader’s vision for a new Chile.

  11. 11Bitter Christmas

    Bitter Christmas (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10

    During a long December holiday weekend, a woman, whose mother has recently died, throws herself into work as a form of escape. Her relentless pace is interrupted when a panic attack forces her to take a break.

  12. 12Sex with Love

    Sex with Love (2003)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In Santiago, Chile, the schoolteacher Luisa proposes a debate about sex with the parents of her students with the intention of giving classes about sex education to the youngsters.

  13. 13About Last Night...

    About Last Night... (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

  14. 14Under the Silver Lake

    Under the Silver Lake (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…

  15. 15Fruitvale Station

    Fruitvale Station (2013)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New…

  16. 16Past Lives

    Past Lives (2023)

    ★ 7.7/10

    After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

  17. 17An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

  18. 18Rumbos

    Rumbos (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10

    During a long night of August, some people have different experiences that leave a deep impression in them. Linked by a radio night show, all them cross the city of Barcelona, not knowing that their fates will collide…

  19. 19The Age of Adaline

    The Age of Adaline (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

  20. 20El Angel

    El Angel (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path…

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