Movies Like The Other Side of Hope (2017)

The Other Side of Hope is a 2017 comedy, drama film from Aki Kaurismäki with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Souleymane's Story and The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir.

Comedy Drama

Souleymane's Story

2024

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane recounts his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers, but Souleymane is not ready.

7.5

MagicScore

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

2018

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.

6.9

MagicScore

Support the Girls

2018

Lisa Conroy is general manager at a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', Double Whammies. She nurtures and protects her employees fiercely - but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?

6.1

MagicScore

Limbo

2020

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

7.0

MagicScore

The Abandoned

2023

When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.

6.3

MagicScore

Green Border

2023

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis cynically engineered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. In an attempt to provoke Europe, refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage to the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian family intertwine.

7.3

MagicScore

The Harvey Girls

1946

On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

6.5

MagicScore

Happy End

2017

A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.

6.2

MagicScore

Spin Me Round

2022

When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program in Italy, what she thought would be a romantic getaway devolves into chaos and catastrophe.

4.9

MagicScore

#10

The Old Oak

2023

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Ghost Trail

2024

Hamid is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

A Moment in the Reeds

2018

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

The Windermere Children

2020

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Dheepan

2015

Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

4 Days in May

2011

Germany, Baltic Sea coast, May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II. A small Soviet patrol arrives at an isolated house where an elderly baroness gives shelter to a group of orphan girls and a boy who is determined to continue the fight.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

Flee

2021

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

Mobile Suit Gundam I

1981

In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Tourist Family

2025

A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their infectious love and kindness.

8.1

MagicScore

#19

The Terminal

2004

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Fast Food Nation

2006

A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Other Side of Hope?

The top films similar to The Other Side of Hope by MovieMagicScore are Souleymane's Story (7.5), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (6.9), Support the Girls (6.1). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Other Side of Hope worth watching?

The Other Side of Hope holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 340 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Other Side of Hope?

The Other Side of Hope (2017) is a comedy, drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki, starring Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Other Side of Hope?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Other Side of Hope

This ranked list pairs The Other Side of Hope (2017), a comedy and drama film from Aki Kaurismäki, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Sherwan Haji take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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