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10 Best Movies Like Five Minutes

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

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#1
A Story of the Forest: Mavka

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980★ 5.8

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

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wol...

#2
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

2007★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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#3
Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1979★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refu...

#4
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

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

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#5
Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud

Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud

2022★ 3.3

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

At 18, George Ward left the Gypsy community. He had felt rejected having come out as gay. Leaving his Gypsy identity behind, he invented Cherry Valentine, a drag alter-ego. Now he ...

#6
The Peasants

The Peasants

1939★ 5.0

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

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919....