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10 Best Movies Like Desert Dancer

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

#1
Looking for Eric

Looking for Eric

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor -- the ex-footballer Eric Cantona....

#2
Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Kentucky, a transgender woman and her best male friend lament the lack of eligible partners and step across old boundaries of love and romance....

#3
Little Ashes

Little Ashes

2008★ 5.9

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

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca....

#4
Timecode

Timecode

2016★ 7.1

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

Timecode is a 2016 Spanish live-action short film directed by Juanjo Giménez. Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day....

#5
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

1992★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A working girl from New Jersey looks for love with a fast-lane Manhattan salesman from Queens....

#6
Little Boy

Little Boy

2015★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desert Dancer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little b...