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10 Best Movies Like Bright Shadow

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

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#1
A Separation

A Separation

2011★ 7.9

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

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who ...

#2
Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo

2017★ 7.1

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

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with stric...

#3
Fireworks Wednesday

Fireworks Wednesday

2006★ 7.4

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

Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced he...

#4
The Color of Paradise

The Color of Paradise

1999★ 7.6

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

Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand...

#5
Close-Up

Close-Up

1990★ 7.9

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

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf...

#6
Women Without Men

Women Without Men

2009★ 6.3

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

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and ...

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