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10 Best Movies Like Ash Wednesday

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

#1
Conversation Piece

Conversation Piece

1974★ 7.3

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

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daugh...

#2
Night Watch

Night Watch

1973★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ash Wednesday for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door....

#3
The Biggest Battle

The Biggest Battle

1978★ 4.4

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

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war....

#4
Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965★ 7.3

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

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the...

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ash Wednesday for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...