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10 Best Movies Like Pakbakhteh

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

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#1
Close-Up

Close-Up

1990★ 7.9

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

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf...

#2
Women Without Men

Women Without Men

2009★ 6.3

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

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and ...

#3
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#4
This Is Not a Film

This Is Not a Film

2011★ 6.9

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

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for ...

#5
How High 2

How High 2

2019★ 6.2

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

When two jobless friends discover a hidden weed bible and the ultimate bud, they think that they’ve got it made…with 'seed' money to start a new snack delivery app. But, when nearl...

#6
Picture a Perfect Christmas

Picture a Perfect Christmas

2019★ 6.3

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

An extreme-sports photographer returns home for the holiday to take care of her grandmother, only to have a neighbor grab her attention as he needs assistance watching his young ne...

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