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10 Best Movies Like A Place in the World

If you loved A Place in the World, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

#2
Common Ground

Common Ground

2002★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory ...

#3
Night of the Pencils

Night of the Pencils

1986★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine di...

#4
The Ogre of Athens

The Ogre of Athens

1956★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On New Year’s Eve, a timid bank clerk is mistaken for a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Embracing his mistaken identity comes with a price though, as...

#5
Rapture

Rapture

1980★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when...

#6
La calesita

La calesita

1963★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When listening to a melody, an old man recalls moments of his childhood....