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10 Best Movies Like Prospero's Books

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

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#1
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989★ 7.3

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

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant....

#2
Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

1988★ 7.0

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

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings....

#3
Senso

Senso

1954★ 7.2

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

A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant....

#4
Nightwatching

Nightwatching

2007★ 6.3

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

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night W...

#5
Don't Look Down

Don't Look Down

2008★ 5.7

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

A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking....

#6
The Law Is the Law

The Law Is the Law

1958★ 7.2

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

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch th...