Movies like Manual Wind (2026)

Name: Manual Wind
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after Manual Wind, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

The directorial debut live-action narrative short film from filmmaker Gustavo Obregón, better known as Gawx.

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Prayers for the Stolen (2021)

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Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
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One Year, One Night (2022)

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Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep scar on both their lives and each tries to cope.
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The Cut (2025)

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A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
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What Maisie Knew (2013)

Fit 43%

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In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
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The King of Havana (2015)

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Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humor and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings, until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other's arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

Fit 41%

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A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Hardball (2001)

Fit 41%

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An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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Hands of Stone (2016)

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The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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Hungry Hearts (2015)

Fit 38%

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The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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600 Miles (2015)

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Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.