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10 Best Movies Like Isztambul

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

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#1
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#2
Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

2012★ 5.9

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

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce....

#3
A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence

1974★ 7.8

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

Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happi...

#4
Wakefield

Wakefield

2017★ 6.1

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

A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months....

#5
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#6
The One I Love

The One I Love

2014★ 6.9

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

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacati...

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