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10 Best Movies Like Palmyra

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

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#1
The Attack

The Attack

2012★ 6.8

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

An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing....

#2
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#3
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#4
A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera

2004★ 6.0

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

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#6
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

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