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10 Best Movies Like La Ciénaga

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

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#1
Black Souls

Black Souls

2014★ 6.8

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

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son....

#2
Wind

Wind

1996★ 7.3

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

During a film course lead by Yvette Biro at the Hungarian Academy of Drama and film in 1995, the director students were shown a black-and-white photo taken by Lucien Herve in 1952,...

#3
Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

1958★ 6.7

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

A spoiled teenager spends the summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy father, but when his old flame resurfaces, she resolves to keep her frivolous lifestyle a...

#4
The Headless Woman

The Headless Woman

2008★ 6.2

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

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone....

#5
Guilty Men

Guilty Men

2016★ 6.1

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

Willington's only love, Mariana, is about to get married to René, Willington's cousin. While Willington is trying to get her back, a demobilization process concerning an illegal ar...

#6
Lion's Den

Lion's Den

2008★ 6.2

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

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jai...