Movies Like Breathing (2011)

Breathing is a 2011 drama film from Karl Markovics with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Henry Gamble's Birthday Party and The Swimmer.

Drama

Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

2015

Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen friends — including the closeted young Logan, who clearly has eyes for Henry.

5.9

MagicScore

The Swimmer

1968

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

7.3

MagicScore

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.

6.4

MagicScore

The Swimmers

2014

After falling pregnant to her boyfriend's best friend, a young woman commits suicide. She returns to haunt her unborn child's father while her friend seeks revenge on the person who drove her to her fate.

6.2

MagicScore

The Swimmer

2021

Erez, a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp held in a boarding school. The winner of the competition held there wins one ticket to the Olympics. There he meets Nevo, beautiful, gifted, who awakens subconscious desires in him. However, their swimming coach does not believe in friendships between competitors. Warned to stay away from Nevo, Erez is still too attracted to him. In between practices, he attempts to act upon his feelings…

5.4

MagicScore

Hurricane Streets

1997

Marcus is a New York City street kid torn between his friends' criminal activities and a girl trying to keep him out of trouble.

5.1

MagicScore

Bathing Beauty

1944

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

5.7

MagicScore

Blast

1997

A deadly team of terrorists mounts a precision attack on a swimming complex, which holds the world's finest women's swimming team hostage, and unknowingly traps a janitor inside.

4.1

MagicScore

Newsies

1992

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Rodents

1999

The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Salvador gets wrapped up in Angel's twisted dealings in an attempt to escape from his suffocating family, dragging along his family and friends, in his criminal path. Where will this all lead?

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Crime School

1938

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards. New deputy commissioner Mark Braden arrives determined to change things, but despite the help of Frankie's sister, Mark's reform plans -- and Frankie's future -- may be sabotaged from within.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Dealer

2021

Fourteen-year-old drug dealer Johnny is in a home for young people. When he learns that he cannot go home at weekends any longer, he asks one of his customers, famous successful actor Antony, to be his weekend guardian.

5.0

MagicScore

#13

Brief Encounter

1945

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

7.7

MagicScore

#14

Street of Shame

1956

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

7.7

MagicScore

#15

The White Ribbon

2009

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

The Reader

2008

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

7.5

MagicScore

#17

Three Outlaw Samurai

1964

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Plainclothes

2025

In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, he finds himself torn between duty and desire.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

Apart from You

1933

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Lord Jim

1965

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Breathing?

The top films similar to Breathing by MovieMagicScore are Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (5.9), The Swimmer (7.3), Million Dollar Mermaid (6.4). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Breathing worth watching?

Breathing holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 51 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Breathing?

Breathing (2011) is a drama film directed by Karl Markovics, starring Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich.

Where can I find more recommendations like Breathing?

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About movies like Breathing

This ranked list pairs Breathing (2011), a drama film from Karl Markovics, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Thomas Schubert 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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