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10 Best Movies Like Arena

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

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#1
Francisca

Francisca

1981★ 7.0

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

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace....

#2
The Love of Zero

The Love of Zero

1928★ 6.0

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

While playing his trombone one Sunday, the enthusiastic Zero sees Beatrix and falls in love. He returns the next week to express his feelings, and it's mutual. Over the next few mo...

#3
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#4
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#5
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953★ 7.1

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

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have ...

#6
Gramps Is in the Resistance

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983★ 6.9

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

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hu...