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10 Best Movies Like To Beat a Dead Horse

If you loved To Beat a Dead Horse, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Friends Act III

My Friends Act III

1985★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistib...

#2
Indovina chi viene a Natale?

Indovina chi viene a Natale?

2013★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A very extended family gathers for the Christmas holidays, after the death of the breadwinner Leonardo Sereni, famous singer. The eldest son Julius, with his wife Marina, has a pan...

#3
Manon of the Spring

Manon of the Spring

1986★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily...

#4
Au Revoir les Enfants

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, t...

#5
The Great Challenge

The Great Challenge

2004★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A multicultural band of acrobatic do-gooders take on gangsters of three great nations in this action-packed sequel to the French box-office smash Yamakasi. The Yamakasi are a team ...

#6
Hannibal Before the Gates

Hannibal Before the Gates

2011★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to To Beat a Dead Horse for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The scrappy 18-year-old daughter of a small-town prostitute storms the bastion of the rich and powerful in this drama set in the elite world of horse trials and show jumping. Sheer...