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10 Best Movies Like Looking for Istanbul

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

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#1
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Looking for Istanbul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#2
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#3
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains

1966★ 7.2

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

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance th...

#4
Clown

Clown

2019★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Looking for Istanbul for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of teens fights for their lives as they find themselves trapped in a fun-house, stalked by a killer clown who won't rest until every last one of them is dead....

#5
Fight Club (Russian version)

Fight Club (Russian version)

★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Looking for Istanbul for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Russian version of the movie "Fight Club" is not just a Russian version of a well-known cult film, it is the result and of the hard work of two young men and their love for cin...

#6
Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story

Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story

1985★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Looking for Istanbul for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters....