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10 Best Movies Like The Card Player

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

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#1
Blood Simple

Blood Simple

1985★ 7.3

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

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues afte...

#2
The Soft Skin

The Soft Skin

1964★ 7.1

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

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cann...

#3
The Cuckoo

The Cuckoo

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Card Player for fans of Romance & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of t...

#4
The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

1955★ 7.2

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

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted ...

#5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

1952★ 7.5

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

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis....

#6
The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

2002★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Card Player for fans of Romance & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets...