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10 Best Movies Like The Despair

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

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#1
Florence Fight Club

Florence Fight Club

2015★ 7.4

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

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship....

#2
Zombie Fight Club

Zombie Fight Club

2014★ 5.6

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

It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zomb...

#3
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#4
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

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

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...

#5
Death in Venice

Death in Venice

1971★ 7.2

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

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying wit...

#6
Within the Woods

Within the Woods

1978★ 5.8

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

The low budget film starring the young Bruce Campbell that influenced the Evil Dead films....