Movies like A los traidores (2026)
The best movies like A los traidores (2026) are Julia (1977), Cardboard Boxer (2016) and Until the End of the World (2026). If A los traidores hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedViolet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)7.9/10 from 240 votes
- NewestTodo lo que Nunca (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishUntil the End of the World (2026)Also in Spanish
Julia (1977)
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCardboard Boxer (2016)
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntil the End of the World (2026)
Manuel's life is upended when Esmeralda, his lost love from 15 years ago, calls unexpectedly. Despite being set to marry another, he rediscovers Esmeralda, and they realize their love transcends time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMy Dinner with Hervé (2018)
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigi & Nate (2022)
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPrayers for the Stolen (2021)
Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNobody Knows I'm Here (2020)
Memo lives on a remote Chilean sheep farm, hiding a beautiful singing voice from the outside world. A recluse with a glittery flair, he can't stop dwelling on the past, but what will happen once someone finally listens?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Year, One Night (2022)
Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep scar on both their lives and each tries to cope.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViolet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisVanya on 42nd Street (1994)
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHotel Coppelia (2021)
1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThird Star (2010)
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe King of Havana (2015)
Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other's arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChinas (2023)
In Madrid, Spain, Lucía and Xiang, two nine-year-old Chinese girls, meet at the beginning of the school year.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMammal (2016)
After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Heiresses (2018)
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSame Kind of Different as Me (2017)
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHardball (2001)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl in the Box (2016)
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAct for three (2025)
On opening night of a play about addiction and rupture, three actors confront a secret romantic conflict they have long kept hidden. When a betrayal is exposed onstage, the line between fiction and reality shatters, turning the performance into a real confrontation that threatens to destroy everything.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Laugh or Die (2018)
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Cecilia, Manuela y el Mar (2026)
Manuela, a 75 year old woman, has been married to Cecilia her entire life. For some time now, Cecilia has been battling Alzheimer's and is becoming increasingly disoriented. Hoping that the sea will refresh her memory, they take a short trip to the beach.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Salto Atras (2026)
Salto Atrás is a classic Venezuelan sainete that addresses, between laughter and irony, the prejudices, appearances and racism of Caracas society at the beginning of the 20th century. The plot begins with the family celebration for the birth of a new member; however, the joy turns into tension when they discover that the baby is born with dark skin. This event triggers crazy explanations and cross accusations, exposing with fine humor the social hypocrisy of the time and inviting the viewer to reflect on identity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Todo lo que Nunca (2026)
Before she goes to live abroad, Tali and Yayo reunite. That night will make them question if their lives are heading where they want them to.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
So you don't forget (2026)
Carmen, a woman in her twenties, records videos every day for her deceased mother. As a way of processing her absence, she captures what remains of their relationship in the echoes of daily life. One day, a new neighbor moves in next door — Carita, a 10-year-old girl, along with her mother, Amalia, who has begun to show signs of memory loss. Carita also records videos every day, but hers are for a father she has never met. From the very beginning, Carmen and Carita spy on each other through their cameras, building a silent bond. One night, Carita discovers a hole in the closet of her room. When she crawls through it, she finds herself inside Carmen’s apartment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Birds don't fly at night (TBA)
Susana recalls some of the most painful losses of her life and the inexplicable experiences that accompanied them. Through an intimate and moving testimony, she shares how these experiences have helped her cope with grief and keep alive the hope of being reunited with her loved ones one day.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Una Mujer Acompañada (2026)
On the first wedding anniversary following her husband's death, Victoria hires an man to recreate a celebration just like the ones they used to have. Amidst memories, rituals, and a presence impossible to replace, the fantasy begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Pneumothorax (2026)
After a fortune-teller predicts her downfall, Aurora, a rising actress, commits a crime in an attempt to prevent it from happening. As she tries to justify her actions, Aurora spirals into guilt and paranoia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Valley (TBA)
An elderly man returns to the place where he was born with his granddaughter, embarking on an intimate journey through memory, belonging, and the ties that bind generations.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A los traidores?
The closest matches to A los traidores are Julia (1977), Cardboard Boxer (2016) and Until the End of the World (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A los traidores?
Start with Julia (1977), the closest match to A los traidores.
What is the highest-rated movie like A los traidores?
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001), rated 7.9/10 by 240 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A los traidores?
Todo lo que Nunca (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like A los traidores?
Yes: Until the End of the World (2026), Prayers for the Stolen (2021) and Nobody Knows I'm Here (2020).
How are movies similar to A los traidores chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A los traidores, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.