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10 Best Movies Like Embers

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

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#1
Mystery

Mystery

2012★ 6.5

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

Lu Jie has no idea her husband is leading a double life, until the day she sees him entering a hotel with a young woman. Her world crumbles. A few hours later, the young woman dies...

#2
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#3
A Sun

A Sun

2019★ 7.7

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

A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride....

#4
12 Citizens

12 Citizens

2014★ 7.3

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

When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An exper...

#5
Breaking News in Yuba County

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021★ 5.9

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

An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the...

#6
The Shadow Play

The Shadow Play

2019★ 6.8

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

Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that ...

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