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10 Best Movies Like Dictation

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

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#1
Close-Up

Close-Up

1990★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dictation for fans of Crime. 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...

#2
Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dictation 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
The Salesman

The Salesman

2016★ 7.3

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

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenan...

#4
Septembers of Shiraz

Septembers of Shiraz

2015★ 5.9

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

In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolut...

#5
Women Without Men

Women Without Men

2009★ 6.3

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

#6
Desert Dancer

Desert Dancer

2014★ 6.9

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

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban....

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