Movies like Nefta Football Club (2018)
The best movies like Nefta Football Club (2018) are The Circuit (2016), The Neighbors' Window (2019) and Stutterer (2015). If Nefta Football Club hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedTwo Distant Strangers (2020)7.0/10 from 542 votes
- NewestThe After (2024)Released 2024
The Circuit (2016)
Newly arrived in town Nat and Gabe accept a dinner invitation from the volatile Hungarian Helene and her boorish husband Sasha. Whilst the other guests, ex-Bananarama member Marty, Angie, who 'makes bullets' and the supposedly suicidal Danny are affable enough, Nat and Gabe are shocked by their hosts' very public rows and Gabe's attempt at peace-making is awkwardly received. Nat is taken aback when virtual stranger Helene confides in her about Sasha's suspected infidelity and Gabe is rudely rebuffed when he tries to have a heart to heart with Sasha. After Helene physically attacks her husband the newcomers are desperate to leave but when Danny drops a bombshell Gabe is torn between responsibility and the easy way out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStutterer (2015)
A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemorable (2019)
Aging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDavid (2020)
David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He’s not the only one who needs help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Wonderkid (2016)
Wonderkid follows the inner turmoil of an unnamed football prodigy as he comes to terms with his own identity, struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his issues with alcohol and OCD.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The After (2024)
After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him to confront his grief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBoiling Point (2019)
During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Brothers (2015)
The story of two brothers, Tom and Jake, and their problematic relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCurfew (2012)
At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEverything Will Be Okay (2015)
A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Letter Room (2020)
Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Red Suitcase (2022)
A veiled 16 year old Iranian teenager is terrified to take her red suitcase from the carosel at the Luxembourg Airport, and go through the exit doors. Her fear grows with every second in the face of what awaits her beyond the gate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Come Swim (2017)
COME SWIM is a diptych of one man's day; half impressionist and half realist portraits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Bigger Picture (2014)
'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives quickly unravel as she clings to life. Director Daisy Jacobs uses two-metre-high painted characters in full-size sets to tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly relative. The Bigger Picture is quite simply the most innovative animated short you will see this year.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Timecode (2016)
Timecode is a 2016 Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day. One day, Luna's boss asks her to investigate a broken tail light. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or award at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It is also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlease Hold (2020)
A young man’s life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated ‘justice’.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEnvelope (2012)
Evgeniy's hobby is to send fake letters to real countries. He has collected a letter from every country except New Zealand, and he sends a letter there. Things turn worst when he actually receives a letter from someone there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (2020)
A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Long Goodbye (2021)
A short about racism and Islamophobia in the UK.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMother (2017)
An everyday conversation between Marta and her mother turns into a tragic race against the clock when Marta receives a phone call from Iván, her six-year-old son, who is on holiday in France with his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarguerite (2017)
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing, and thus help her make peace with her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Distant Strangers (2020)
A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRed, White and Blue (2024)
A young mother from Arkansas is forced to travel across state lines in search of an urgent and necessary abortion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Ninety-Five Senses (2022)
A heartfelt depiction of a man facing his own mortality while reflecting on the grave mistakes of his youth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Le Pupille (2022)
During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBrotherhood (2020)
Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
A Sister (2018)
A night. A car. Alie is in danger. To get by she must make the most important phone call of her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Staggering Girl (2019)
Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAn Irish Goodbye (2022)
In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nefta Football Club?
The closest matches to Nefta Football Club are The Circuit (2016), The Neighbors' Window (2019) and Stutterer (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nefta Football Club?
People who watched Nefta Football Club most often go on to The Circuit (2016), The Neighbors' Window (2019) and Stutterer (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Nefta Football Club?
Two Distant Strangers (2020), rated 7.0/10 by 542 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nefta Football Club?
The After (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Nefta Football Club chosen?
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