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10 Best Movies Like The Red Balloon

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

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#1
Dark Blood

Dark Blood

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Balloon for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting f...

#2
White Mane

White Mane

1953★ 6.8

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

In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to let themselves be ...

#3
Just a Kiss

Just a Kiss

2002★ 4.1

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

A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock....

#4
Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

2001★ 7.7

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

It tells the story of orphans forced to work on a farm run by Colonel Juan Ignacio de Cabreras and Marga. Belén, through the book recommended to her by Tok and the Wise Old Man, me...

#5
Rubicon

Rubicon

1997★ 3.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Balloon for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Fun short movie about wolf, goat and cabbage....

#6
Kuso

Kuso

2017★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Balloon for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and...