15 Movies Like Sieranevada

Loved Sieranevada? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

A Higher Law
#1

A Higher Law

Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own sense of control in this process.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sieranevada.

Stillwater
#2

Stillwater

Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
#3

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sieranevada.

Starving in Suburbia
#4

Starving in Suburbia

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Adopt a Highway
#5

Adopt a Highway

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Light of My Life
#6

Light of My Life

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Blackbird
#7

Blackbird

A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Fast Girls
#8

Fast Girls

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

What Maisie Knew
#9

What Maisie Knew

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Graduation
#10

Graduation

After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sieranevada.

The Girl in the Book
#11

The Girl in the Book

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Holy Lands
#12

Holy Lands

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

The Pumpkin Eater
#13

The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.

Kontinental '25
#14

Kontinental '25

Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she has to evict a homeless man from a cellar, an action with tragic consequences that triggers a moral crisis which Orsolya must weather as best she can.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Sieranevada.

The Return
#15

The Return

A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Sieranevada.