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10 Best Movies Like The Novel of Werther

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

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#1
Bosnia Diaries

Bosnia Diaries

2006★ 7.8

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

I went to Bosnia after war ended, in 1996, when the Danton Peace Accord was being implemented. Bosnia had been divided in two entities, which separated the two main opposing forces...

#2
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#3
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#4
Sons

Sons

2024★ 6.7

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

Eva, an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret...

#5
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

2025★ 6.6

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

A playboy stages a dating show to earn his inheritance by granting his father's last wish: for his son to marry the most beautiful girl in the world....

#6
Six Hundred and Sixty-Six

Six Hundred and Sixty-Six

1972★ 10.0

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

A group of people inside an underground complex which possesses high tech computers which tracks world events consider all options as nuclear war is at hand, air supplies may last ...