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10 Best Movies Like The Basement

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

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#1
Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974★ 7.5

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

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan....

#2
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.4

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

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#3
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#5
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

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

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#6
Kamui

Kamui

2009★ 6.1

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

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family....

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