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10 Best Movies Like A Million Grains of Sand

If you loved A Million Grains of Sand, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't e...

#2
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested ...

#3
The Gendarme Gets Married

The Gendarme Gets Married

1968★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Cruchot i...

#4
Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the firs...

#5
Saw 3D

Saw 3D

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dar...

#6
Q

Q

1982★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Million Grains of Sand for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent....