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10 Best Movies Like Twenty Years Later

If you loved Twenty Years Later, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty

1974★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, ...

#2
Dont Look Back

Dont Look Back

1967★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists,...

#3
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

2006★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil....

#4
Pixote

Pixote

1980★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old...

#5
The Given Word

The Given Word

1962★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a...

#6
Almost Brothers

Almost Brothers

2004★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Twenty Years Later for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel...