Movies like

Movies like I'm Still Here

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If I'm Still Here is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.

Movies like I'm Still Here, ranked

1. Brazil (1985)

Gilliam's dystopian bureaucracy shares the suffocating atmosphere of state power crushing individual agency, with both narratives centering on protagonists who must navigate systems designed to erase them while protecting what matters most.

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2. State of Fear (2026)

Marcelo Gomes crafts another unflinching portrait of Brazilian institutional violence and personal resilience, following a woman navigating corruption and state power to protect her family's survival.

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3. El Bumbun (2014)

Bumbún's portrait of a woman forced to conceal her identity under Argentina's military dictatorship mirrors the quiet resilience required to survive state violence and rebuild a fractured family in an oppressive regime.

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4. Trauma (2017)

Marcelo Ripstein's unflinching approach to depicting state violence and its psychological aftermath on families mirrors this film's examination of how political brutality fractures domestic life across Latin America.

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5. The Secret Agent (2025)

Marcelo Gomes's portrait of ordinary lives fractured by Brazil's authoritarian state captures the same intimate reckoning with political violence and personal survival that unfolds across The Secret Agent's Carnival-era landscape.

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6. Maternal Instinct (2026)

Marcelo Gomes's intimate portrait of maternal resilience under state violence finds its mirror in a woman's desperate fight to protect her children when the truth itself becomes her greatest weapon.

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