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10 Best Movies Like Expiation

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

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#1
The Forty-First

The Forty-First

1956★ 6.8

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

An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer....

#2
The History of Love

The History of Love

2016★ 6.4

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

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness....

#3
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

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

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#4
Siberiade

Siberiade

1979★ 7.1

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

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find t...

#5
Spring on Zarechnaya Street

Spring on Zarechnaya Street

1956★ 7.1

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

The story unfolds in an industrial town where a young and charming literature teacher arrives, assigned to teach at an evening school. One of the boys from the metallurgical plant ...

#6
Paradise

Paradise

2016★ 7.0

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

The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collab...

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