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10 Best Movies Like Papers, Please

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

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#1
Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon

Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papers, Please for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alesha Popovich has to catch Tugarin Zmey and bring back the stolen money with the help of a talking Horse (which talks all the time and has an opinion on everything), a wise grann...

#2
Black Coal, Thin Ice

Black Coal, Thin Ice

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papers, Please for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again....

#3
The Mountain II

The Mountain II

2016★ 7.5

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

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death....

#4
The Silent Child

The Silent Child

2017★ 7.2

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

A deaf 4-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate....

#5
Goering: Nazi Number One

Goering: Nazi Number One

2020★ 7.0

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

This is the story of an incredible rise to power, the most comprehensive documentary on Hermann Goering ever made. He was a man of many faces: vain, ambitious, more brutal than any...

#6
Beholder

Beholder

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Papers, Please for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The latest Directive of the Prime Ministry of the totalitarian State bans foreign medicine. A landlord of an apartment house learns that one of the tenants is violating the Directi...