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10 Best Movies Like El criminal

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

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#1
Before Midnight

Before Midnight

2013★ 7.5

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

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a...

#2
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001★ 5.8

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

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husb...

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
Parked

Parked

2010★ 6.6

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

Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred ...

#5
Lolita

Lolita

1962★ 7.3

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

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#6
Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

1962★ 6.5

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

At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, di...

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