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10 Best Movies Like Athens Blues

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

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#1
Wild Duck

Wild Duck

2013★ 5.4

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

“Wild Duck” is the story of Dimitris, a telecommunications engineer who’s forced to shutter his business after running up a considerable debt with a local loan shark. He and his bu...

#2
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957★ 7.2

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

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Made...

#3
My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964★ 7.5

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

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society....

#4
The Art of Happiness

The Art of Happiness

2013★ 8.1

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

Sergio driving a taxi in a white Naples overflowing sadness and garbage. Pouring rain leads her clients through the city trying to process the death of his brother, who started ten...

#5
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

1997★ 6.9

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

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and vi...

#6
Ruthless People

Ruthless People

1986★ 6.6

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

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully inte...