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10 Best Movies Like Illustrious Corpses

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

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#1
Hands Over the City

Hands Over the City

1963★ 7.4

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

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal....

#2
Conspiracy

Conspiracy

2001★ 7.3

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

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best impleme...

#3
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

2005★ 7.1

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

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the m...

#4
Salvatore Giuliano

Salvatore Giuliano

1962★ 7.5

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

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend...

#5
Illumination

Illumination

1973★ 6.9

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

Film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart....

#6
Journey to the West

Journey to the West

2014★ 6.3

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

In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film...