Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Paydos

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

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#1
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#2
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#3
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#4
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

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

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

#5
Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

2024★ 7.2

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

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most...

#6
The Miracle

The Miracle

2015★ 7.1

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

1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The te...

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