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10 Best Movies Like El Sur

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

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#1
Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

1948★ 7.6

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

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former bos...

#2
Compulsion

Compulsion

1959★ 7.1

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

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene....

#3
Safe Journey

Safe Journey

1993★ 7.7

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

Latcho Drom is a vista of the music, culture, and journey of the Romani people—from their homeland of India, to Europe and Southwest Asia....

#4
Dream of Light

Dream of Light

1992★ 7.1

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

Filmmaker Victor Erice follows Spanish artist Antonio Lopez in his painstaking attempt to paint the image of a tree....

#5
The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

2005★ 7.0

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

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig....

#6
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

1970★ 7.3

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

The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son....