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10 Best Movies Like Barfly

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

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#1
The Toolbox Murders

The Toolbox Murders

1978★ 5.5

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

A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who liv...

#2
Last Wishes

Last Wishes

2023★ 5.6

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

A father sets out to win back the love of his son, whom he abandoned when he was one year old....

#3
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

2008★ 5.7

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

Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter....

#4
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

1965★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barfly for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant t...

#5
The Sniper

The Sniper

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barfly for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distan...

#6
Days of Eclipse

Days of Eclipse

1988★ 5.7

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

This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov, a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia. Here he runs into a hodge-podge of people o...