Movies like Babel
If Babel's mix of daughter, first time and loss of loved one stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Babel's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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21 Grams
2003 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · Shares: loss of loved one, multiple storylines · From the same decade (2000s)
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together…
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Crash
2005 · Directed by Paul Haggis · 112 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: daughter, gun, multiple storylines · From the same decade (2000s)
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour…
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Traffic
2000 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 147 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: daughter · From the same decade (2000s)
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated…
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Not Without My Daughter
1991 · Directed by Brian Gilbert · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: daughter
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
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Veronica Guerin
2003 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 98 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Cate Blanchett · From the same decade (2000s)
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible.
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Sweet Girl
2021 · Directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza · 110 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: daughter
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
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Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Directed by Adrian Grünberg · 89 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Adriana Barraza
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the…
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Calibre
2018 · Directed by Matt Palmer · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug use
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.
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Eye for an Eye
1996 · Directed by John Schlesinger · 101 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: gun
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old…