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10 Best Movies Like The Cousins

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

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#1
Family Plot

Family Plot

1976★ 6.8

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

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California....

#2
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979★ 6.9

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

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out....

#3
The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine

2025★ 6.5

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

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volati...

#4
Heidi

Heidi

2005★ 7.6

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

Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wil...

#5
The Cry of the Owl

The Cry of the Owl

1987★ 5.2

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

Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch...

#6
Le Beau Serge

Le Beau Serge

1959★ 6.9

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

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic....