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10 Best Movies Like The Skin I Live In

If you loved The Skin I Live In, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Volver

Volver

2006★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitality....

#2
I'm So Excited!

I'm So Excited!

2013★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The group of eccentric travelers on the flight, defenseless in the face of danger, in...

#3
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

2009★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing hi...

#4
All About My Mother

All About My Mother

1999★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an ...

#5
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

1990★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life...

#6
Bad Education

Bad Education

2004★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Skin I Live In for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding s...