Movies Like Invisible Life (2019)

Invisible Life is a 2019 drama film from Karim Aïnouz with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Central Station and The Idiots.

Drama

Central Station

1998

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

8.1

MagicScore

The Idiots

1998

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.

6.5

MagicScore

Lion

2016

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

8.0

MagicScore

The Stranger

1991

A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.

7.6

MagicScore

Rhapsody in August

1991

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

7.2

MagicScore

Pieta

2012

A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

7.1

MagicScore

A Kid

2016

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…

7.0

MagicScore

Moothon

2019

A child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.

6.2

MagicScore

Daughter of the Dragon

1931

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

5.1

MagicScore

#10

C'è tempo

2019

After the death of his estranged father, professional rainbow-watcher Stefano finds out he has a 13-year-old half-brother, and that he must become his legal guardian to receive the inheritance.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Prince and the Pirate

2001

After his father's death, elementary school teacher Leopoldo discovers he has to share the inheritance with a half-brother he didn't know existed: hustler and small-time crook Melchiorre, currently in jail.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

City of God

2002

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

8.4

MagicScore

#13

Vitória

2025

Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.

8.1

MagicScore

#14

Elite Squad

2007

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

8.1

MagicScore

#15

I'm Still Here

2024

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

8.0

MagicScore

#16

Just Another Christmas

2020

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Trash

2014

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

City of Men

2007

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

7.0

MagicScore

#19

Black Orpheus

1959

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

The Middle of the World

2003

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Invisible Life?

The top films similar to Invisible Life by MovieMagicScore are Central Station (8.1), The Idiots (6.5), Lion (8.0). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Invisible Life worth watching?

Invisible Life holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 333 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Invisible Life?

Invisible Life (2019) is a drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz, starring Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro.

Where can I find more recommendations like Invisible Life?

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About movies like Invisible Life

This ranked list pairs Invisible Life (2019), a drama film from Karim Aïnouz, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Carol Duarte 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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