
10 Best Movies Like 8½
If you loved 8½, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

La Dolce Vita
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by h...

Amarcord
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with hi...

La Strada
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's col...

Divorce Italian Style
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick his wife into hav...

Marriage Italian Style
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings....

The Son's Room
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8½ for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident....