Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Countess

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

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#1
City of Life and Death

City of Life and Death

2009★ 7.4

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

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as ...

#2
Marie Curie

Marie Curie

2016★ 5.1

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

The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of...

#3
3 Faces

3 Faces

2018★ 6.7

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

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing enc...

#4
Cities of Last Things

Cities of Last Things

2018★ 6.4

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

Three key events during three different time periods, in three seasons, and on three nights culminate to change the life of Zhang Dong Ling....

#5
The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

1964★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Countess for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results....

#6
The Ringmaster

The Ringmaster

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Countess for fans of Mystery & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Nationwide quietness. The streets are empty. Everyone’s glued to their screens at home, watching the final game. In the outskirts of Denmark, close to the German border, a small ga...