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10 Best Movies Like Deficiency

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

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#1
A Secret

A Secret

2007★ 6.4

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

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family histo...

#2
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022★ 6.5

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

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an indepen...

#3
The Divide

The Divide

2021★ 6.6

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

Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter wi...

#4
Uncontrollable Circumstances

Uncontrollable Circumstances

1989★ 6.2

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

Philippe and Daniel decide to go on vacation Southeast Asia, where they meet Hans, a European who livesthere and he becomes their guide and host. Once the holidays are over, before...

#5
In the Beginning

In the Beginning

2009★ 6.6

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

France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and...

#6
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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