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10 Best Movies Like Before the Rooster Crows

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

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#1
White Elephant

White Elephant

2012★ 6.5

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

While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist...

#2
Just Like Our Parents

Just Like Our Parents

2017★ 7.1

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

Rosa is in her late 30s, a child of the 1970s with divorced parents. She lives with her own family in São Paulo. Overwhelmed by an eruption of individual passions, lies and the exp...

#3
Casa Grande

Casa Grande

2014★ 6.9

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

As a privileged teenager living in an affluent suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Jean has little to worry about beyond games, grades and girls. But as his overbearing father drags the fami...

#4
Memories of Underdevelopment

Memories of Underdevelopment

1968★ 7.2

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

In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observ...

#5
El estudiante

El estudiante

2009★ 7.7

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

After retiring to the beautiful Mexican town of Guanajuato, a 70 year old decides to follow his dreams and enroll at the university where he stumbles upon a new generation and they...

#6
One Million Yen Girl

One Million Yen Girl

2008★ 7.1

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

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one know...