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10 Best Movies Like Bastards

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

#1
The Eternal Daughter

The Eternal Daughter

2022★ 6.0

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

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past....

#2
The Dance of Reality

The Dance of Reality

2013★ 7.1

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

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: recon...

#3
The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon

2009★ 7.5

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

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI....

#4
Benda Bilili!

Benda Bilili!

2010★ 6.3

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

Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in cust...

#5
Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

1990★ 6.9

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

A Soviet claymation short film created by Garri Bardin in 1990 that retells the story of Red Riding Hood while incorporating political metaphors and themes about the USSR's demise;...

#6
Paris Countdown

Paris Countdown

2013★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bastards for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their f...