10 Best Movies Like Der Idiot
If you loved Der Idiot, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Young One
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot 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....

All Day and a Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

Babylon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

Eleanor the Great
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

Vanya on 42nd Street
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

Lady Driver
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Der Idiot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...