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10 Best Movies Like Yella

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

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#1
Jerichow

Jerichow

2009★ 6.5

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

In a small town in Northern Germany, a penniless German veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former meets the latter's ...

#2
7 Days in Havana

7 Days in Havana

2012★ 5.6

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

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-hour-long experiences while li...

#3
Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg

2003★ 6.7

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

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a boy on a bike and, instead of helping him, he drives aw...

#4
The Square

The Square

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yella for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in the...

#5
Vernon, Florida

Vernon, Florida

1981★ 6.7

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

Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A few examples? The preacher giving a sermon...

#6
The Cabin Man

The Cabin Man

2007★ 6.5

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

We are all in a hurry to fulfil our dreams and reach our destination ahead of time. Then suddenly we find, that time has outpaced us leaving us behind stranded and clueless about t...