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10 Best Movies Like Afghan Cycles

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

#1
Period. End of Sentence.

Period. End of Sentence.

2018★ 7.8

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

In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group ...

#2
India's Daughter

India's Daughter

2015★ 8.1

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

The story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6...

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan Cycles for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...