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10 Best Movies Like Milan – Palermo: The Return

If you loved Milan – Palermo: The Return, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Palermo – Milan One Way

Palermo – Milan One Way

1996★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Seven cops are tasked with escorting him and his family alive from Sicily to the c...

#2
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

2005★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58....

#3
Buona giornata

Buona giornata

2012★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A common day in the actual Italy, narrated by the different stories of seven different people, it's the starting point for an overview to the 21st century's italian society, among ...

#4
Baaria

Baaria

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, t...

#5
Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater....

#6
Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Milan – Palermo: The Return for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and even...