Movies like Whose Life Is It Anyway?: 20 to watch next
If you loved Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) — a drama film directed by John Badham — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Whose Life Is It Anyway? most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like paraplegic, artist and paralysis. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Adam 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Passion Fish 1992★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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You Don't Know Jack 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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A Perfect Murder 1998★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Nuts 1987★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Men 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stay 2005★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Reversal of Fortune 1990★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Arbitrage 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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21 Grams 2003★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Norman 2010★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Causeway 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Horns 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Waterdance 1992★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Trials of Cate McCall 2013★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Control 2007★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Stream in India on MUBI
- 19
The Punisher: One Last Kill 2026★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Beaver 2011★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now