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10 Best Movies Like Dava

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

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#1
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#2
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#3
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dava 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....

#5
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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