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10 Best Movies Like The Grand Ball

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

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#1
I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

2017★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grand Ball for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States....

#2
John and the Hole

John and the Hole

2021★ 5.3

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

While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and...

#3
Hounds of Love

Hounds of Love

2016★ 6.1

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

When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge ...

#4
Sergio and Sergei

Sergio and Sergei

2018★ 5.8

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

In 1991, the USSR is falling apart and Cuba enters its hardest economic crisis. Sergio, a professor of Marxism who can't provide for his family, and Sergei, a Soviet cosmonaut stra...

#5
The Crisis

The Crisis

1992★ 6.9

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

Victor is a legal advisor who finds himself abandoned by his wife and fired the same day. He tries to seek comfort from different friends and family members, but everyone he meets ...

#6
The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

2018★ 8.1

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

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn...