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10 Best Movies Like El desvío

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

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#1
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#2
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#3
The Insider

The Insider

1999★ 7.5

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

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco....

#4
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

2023★ 6.5

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

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless....

#5
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#6
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....