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10 Best Movies Like Pain and Glory

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

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#1
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

2022★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain and Glory for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story....

#2
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#3
The Ideal Palace

The Ideal Palace

2019★ 6.9

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

Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years....

#4
La prima pietra

La prima pietra

2018★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pain and Glory for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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#5
The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird

2019★ 7.1

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

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II....

#6
Song Without a Name

Song Without a Name

2020★ 6.4

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

Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search fo...