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10 Best Movies Like The Cannibal

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

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#1
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.1

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#2
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.7

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

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera

2004★ 6.0

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

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

#5
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#6
The Thief

The Thief

1997★ 7.1

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

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who al...

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