
10 Best Movies Like Buddenbrooks
If you loved Buddenbrooks, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

A Most Wanted Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists....

Dolan's Cadillac
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Robinson, a once peaceful, law-abiding school teacher, has turned into an obsessed vengeance machine, intent on killing the man who murdered his wife - ruthless Las Vegas mob boss ...

Her Difference
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Katia, a 35-year-old researcher in a documentary production company, has a chaotic way of navigating her relationship with Fred, her boyfriend. When she takes part in a new project...

Huda's Salon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man,...

Good Bye, Lenin!
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avo...

The Orphanage
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddenbrooks for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend....