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10 Best Movies Like Terente: The King of Swamps

If you loved Terente: The King of Swamps, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Gunpowder

Gunpowder

1985★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps 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 ...

#2
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#3
Idea di un'isola

Idea di un'isola

1967★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about Sicily and its peculiar customs, with an emphasis on religious rites and the clash of modernity versus traditional values....

#4
Esther

Esther

1910★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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#5
Re/cycle

Re/cycle

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were ...

#6
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Terente: The King of Swamps for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....