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10 Best Movies Like A Separation

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

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#1
Fireworks Wednesday

Fireworks Wednesday

2006★ 7.4

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

Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced he...

#2
The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999★ 7.1

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

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local ...

#3
Away from Her

Away from Her

2007★ 7.0

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

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized n...

#4
The Color of Paradise

The Color of Paradise

1999★ 7.6

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

Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand...

#5
The Salesman

The Salesman

2016★ 7.3

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

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenan...

#6
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

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