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10 Best Movies Like Preparation for the Festival

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

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#1
August in Tokyo

August in Tokyo

2014★ 5.0

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

In a corner of Tokyo, a man named Natsuo lives as a yakuza and a woman named Natsuki works part-time. Although they rarely think about their families, they attempt to reunite with ...

#2
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Preparation for the Festival for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....

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NULL

2021★ 9.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Preparation for the Festival for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality....

#4
It's a Hard Life

It's a Hard Life

1964★ 6.5

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

Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and bibliophile, he works as head of cultural initiatives at a mining plant....

#5
Gunpowder

Gunpowder

1985★ 5.9

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

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be ...

#6
Captain Nulle

Captain Nulle

1964★ 7.4

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

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to inc...