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10 Best Movies Like This Is Not a Film

If you loved This Is Not a Film, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Decameron

The Decameron

1971★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scou...

#2
Girlhood

Girlhood

2014★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She c...

#3
Paulette

Paulette

2012★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet....

#4
A Cat in Paris

A Cat in Paris

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening....

#5
Five Broken Cameras

Five Broken Cameras

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestini...

#6
The Labyrinth 1.0

The Labyrinth 1.0

2017★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Film for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Labyrinth 1.0 is a poetic film essay that cites writer and poet Brad Johnson’s poem “The Labyrinth,” published in the anthology Milking Black Bull (1995). Sourcing 16-mm survei...