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10 Best Movies Like Arbeit

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

2020★ 6.7

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

A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master ha...

#3
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2009★ 7.2

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

From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a ra...

#4
Margin Call

Margin Call

2011★ 6.9

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

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial...

#5
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#6
Here

Here

2024★ 6.5

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

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between cou...

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