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10 Best Movies Like 3 1/2 Hours

If you loved 3 1/2 Hours, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

1966★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to hand...

#2
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the ...

#3
Balloon

Balloon

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and...

#4
The Tunnel

The Tunnel

2001★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 14...

#5
Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run

1998★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Ot...

#6
Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 3 1/2 Hours for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’...

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