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10 Best Movies Like The Holy Innocents

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

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#1
Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová

1967★ 7.7

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

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pres...

#2
Strange Voyage

Strange Voyage

1964★ 7.3

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

In a small town near Madrid, Paquita and her brother Venancio, both single and with a childish personality, live under the shadow of their bossy older sister, Ignacia, a grumpy old...

#3
7 Days in Havana

7 Days in Havana

2012★ 5.6

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

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-hour-long experiences while li...

#4
At Five in the Afternoon

At Five in the Afternoon

2003★ 6.4

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

Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned wi...

#5
Lute: Forge On or Die

Lute: Forge On or Die

1987★ 5.7

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

In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomad...

#6
Germinal

Germinal

1993★ 6.7

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

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repre...