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10 Best Movies Like El contrabajo

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

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#1
The Corpse of Anna Fritz

The Corpse of Anna Fritz

2015★ 6.9

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

Anna Fritz is a beautiful and famous actress. Suddenly her body is found in a hotel and the news of her death goes around the planet. The young, shy caretaker Pau works at the hosp...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
The Miracle of Marcelino

The Miracle of Marcelino

1955★ 7.3

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

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend ...

#4
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#5
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.8

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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