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10 Best Movies Like Dog Year

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

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#1
The Thief

The Thief

1997★ 7.1

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

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who al...

#2
Rose Plays Julie

Rose Plays Julie

2021★ 5.8

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

A story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that...

#3
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home

How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home

2017★ 6.9

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

Viktor spends his free time trawling bars with ladies of questionable repute, from where he is picked up by a wife he doesn’t love, the mother of a child they never planned. Viktor...

#4
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#5
White Bim Black Ear

White Bim Black Ear

1977★ 7.1

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

A touching story about a white Gordon Setter with black ear, who became homeless because of his master's illness. His master, Ivan Ivanovich, a man far from being young, fond of hu...

#6
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

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