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10 Best Movies Like Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem

If you loved Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Elina: As If I Wasn't There

Elina: As If I Wasn't There

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In rural Sweden of the early 1950s, little Elina goes to school again after recovering from tuberculosis, the same illness that has killed her father a few years earlier. Elina's f...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
The Two Popes

The Two Popes

2019★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective ...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversia...

#6
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...