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10 Best Movies Like Penance

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

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#1
Creepy

Creepy

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penance for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as ...

#2
In Order of Disappearance

In Order of Disappearance

2014★ 6.9

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

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begi...

#3
Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

2020★ 6.7

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

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’...

#4
Lovely Complex

Lovely Complex

2006★ 6.0

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

Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa, a tall ...

#5
The Curious Boy

The Curious Boy

2004★ 5.1

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

Clement, nine, curious about everything, wants to understand life. Camera in hand, he walks the streets of his small provincial town, following and studying "grown-ups"....

#6
Mr. Right

Mr. Right

2016★ 6.5

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

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him....