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10 Best Movies Like It Began This Way...

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

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#1
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

1977★ 7.0

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

On a summer day in late 19th century Russia, a group of bourgeois friends and acquaintances gather at a dilapidated country estate....

#2
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#3
Petrov's Flu

Petrov's Flu

2021★ 6.3

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

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy...

#4
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#5
Bimmer

Bimmer

2003★ 6.2

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

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimme...

#6
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

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