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10 Best Movies Like Marlene

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

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#1
Antares

Antares

2004★ 5.9

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

A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block....

#2
Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

2021★ 6.5

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

In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her caree...

#3
Stroszek

Stroszek

1977★ 7.3

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

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street...

#4
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

2014★ 5.9

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

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray....

#5
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

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

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...

#6
Lola

Lola

1981★ 6.9

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

Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting...

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