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10 Best Movies Like The White Balloon

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

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#1
Underground

Underground

1995★ 7.7

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

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate....

#2
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979★ 6.9

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

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out....

#3
Through the Olive Trees

Through the Olive Trees

1994★ 7.4

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

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman ...

#4
Sultan

Sultan

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The White Balloon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The ageing wrestler Sultan Ali Khan decides to try his luck on the mat again; to do this, he wants to represent his country at the Olympic Games, but first has to overcome personal...

#5
Offside

Offside

2006★ 6.9

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

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guard...

#6
Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

2009★ 6.7

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

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover th...