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10 Best Movies Like Despair

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

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#1
Conspiracy

Conspiracy

2001★ 7.3

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

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best impleme...

#2
Berlin Syndrome

Berlin Syndrome

2017★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Despair for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave....

#3
Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016★ 6.7

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

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’...

#4
Christopher and His Kind

Christopher and His Kind

2011★ 6.3

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

In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz...

#5
Shining Through

Shining Through

1992★ 6.5

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

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the...

#6
The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

2004★ 7.3

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

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pai...

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