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10 Best Movies Like EX

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

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#1
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

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

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...

#2
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020★ 7.0

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

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly....

#3
Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!

1993★ 6.9

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

A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a ke...

#4
M

M

1931★ 8.1

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

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellan...

#5
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006★ 8.0

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

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the ...

#6
Berlin Syndrome

Berlin Syndrome

2017★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to EX for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave....

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