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10 Best Movies Like Bayou

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

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#1
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024★ 7.6

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

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain ...

#2
Osiris

Osiris

2025★ 6.1

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

Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for...

#3
Old Man Junior

Old Man Junior

2024★ 6.9

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

Morbius Jr, now an OId Man, is nearing the end of life, when he finds the last hope for all Morbkind. However, as he fights to protect the future of Morbheads, he finds himself fac...

#4
Not Without My Shrink

Not Without My Shrink

2024★ 4.9

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

A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter....

#5
Bride of the Orient

Bride of the Orient

1989★ 9.6

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

After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride from Thailand. The couple don't s...

#6
Maine-Ocean Express

Maine-Ocean Express

1986★ 5.8

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

"Maine-Ocean" is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi...