The beauty in everyday life

Best "Slice of Life" Movies

These are the best "slice of life" movies — where the focus is on the ordinary — according to critics' reviews.

Perfect Days Poster
1. Perfect Days
2023
  • ⏱️  2h 3m ⭐️  7.9  7.9  8
Paterson Poster
2. Paterson
2016
  • ⏱️  1h 58m ⭐️  7.6  7.3
Happy as Lazzaro Poster
  • ⏱️  2h 8m ⭐️  7.5  7.5  8.7
Columbus Poster
4. Columbus
2017
  • ⏱️  1h 40m ⭐️  7.8  7.2
The Son Poster
  • ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
  • The Son
5. The Son
2002
  • ⏱️  1h 43m ⭐️  10  7.5  8.6
Movie Year IMDb Metacritic
Perfect Days 2023 7.9 13 79 80
Paterson 2016 7.6 12 73 -
Happy as Lazzaro 2018 7.5 10 75 87
Columbus 2017 7.8 2 72 -
The Son 2002 10 1 75 86

All grades on CultureVerdict are sorted based on a confidence interval, where the number of grades is taken into account in the sorting and not just the grade itself.