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10 Best Movies Like Istırap

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

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#1
Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino

2016★ 6.6

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

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s...

#2
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#3
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#4
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#5
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#6
Honey

Honey

2010★ 6.8

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

In the remote and undeveloped eastern Black Sea region, a six-year-old boy (Yusuf) wanders through the woods searching for his lost father, trying to make sense of his life.His fat...

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