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10 Best Movies Like Hyväntekijä

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

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#1
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#2
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#3
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#4
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....

#5
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#6
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....