
10 Best Movies Like The Refusal
If you loved The Refusal, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Kick of Sirocco
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France....

DNA
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algeriann grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between ...

Pépé le Moko
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé me...

The Little Soldier
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence moveme...

Madame Rosa
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the o...

Black Girl
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Refusal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization....