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10 Best Movies Like I Was Born, But...

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

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#1
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealt...

#2
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

#3
Fort Apache

Fort Apache

1948★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form a...

#4
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

1959★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences....

#5
Le Silence de la mer

Le Silence de la mer

1949★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he spe...

#6
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Born, But... for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star....