10 Best Movies Like Exception to the Rule
If you loved Exception to the Rule, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mano Po
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in...

People
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
PEOPLE is a new collaboration of riders and filmers from Mack Dawg Productions. Directed by Pierre Minhondo and Justin Eeles. This newly formed collective combines the talents, at...

Tomie: Rebirth
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends...
Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A worn-out, aging shearer who once rained king of the high country, gets on the gear to keep up his numbers. But when the drugs take over he must learn what it really means to be a...

Re/cycle
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were ...

Au Revoir les Enfants
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Exception to the Rule for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, t...