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10 Best Movies Like Desperate

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

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#1
Moscow, I Love You!

Moscow, I Love You!

2010★ 4.8

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

18 directors, 18 novels, 18 short stories about Moscow......

#2
Medicine Italian Style

Medicine Italian Style

1969★ 6.5

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

Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the sick with the same cynicism of his...

#3
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

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

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...

#4
Zeitgeist: Addendum

Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008★ 7.2

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

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruptio...

#5
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

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

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....

#6
The Lonely Villa

The Lonely Villa

1909★ 6.0

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

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are ...