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10 Best Movies Like The Tin Drum

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

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#1
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

1975★ 5.9

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

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends t...

#2
Corn Island

Corn Island

2014★ 7.2

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

The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivat...

#3
Lines of Wellington

Lines of Wellington

2012★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Tin Drum for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal....

#4
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Tin Drum for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young wo...

#5
Franca: Chaos and Creation

Franca: Chaos and Creation

2016★ 7.4

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

Director Francesco Carrozzini creates an intimate portrait of his mother, Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue. From the ridiculous to the sublime, her as...

#6
Always - Sunset on Third Street

Always - Sunset on Third Street

2005★ 7.7

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

Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside the...