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10 Best Movies Like Boesman and Lena

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

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#1
Red Dust

Red Dust

2004★ 5.9

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

Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was...

#2
Disgrace

Disgrace

2008★ 6.2

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

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and ...

#3
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#4
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#5
Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

2006★ 6.3

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

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the w...

#6
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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