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10 Best Movies Like Perfume

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

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#1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006★ 7.4

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

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work take...

#2
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009★ 7.1

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

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance he...

#3
Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct

2024★ 6.9

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

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paran...

#4
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999★ 7.7

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

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game sh...

#5
This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

2014★ 6.6

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

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along w...

#6
Tideland

Tideland

2005★ 6.5

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

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination....

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