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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
He's Worse than Me

He's Worse than Me

1985★ 6.2

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

Two reckless friends Leonardo (Adriano Celentano) and Luciano (Renato Potstsetto) are just doing whatever they want and getting into endless alterations. When one of them decides t...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...