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10 Best Movies Like Young Törless

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

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#1
Before the Fall

Before the Fall

2004★ 7.0

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

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Frie...

#2
Sparta

Sparta

2022★ 6.7

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

Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from the area, he transforms a decayin...

#3
Sunshine

Sunshine

1999★ 6.5

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

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century....

#4
Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985★ 7.0

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

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molin...

#5
The Silent Revolution

The Silent Revolution

2018★ 7.4

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

In 1956 Stalinstadt, East Germany, during the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, local teenagers perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequenc...

#6
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998★ 6.5

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

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wante...

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