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10 Best Movies Like Distant Lights

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

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#1
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020★ 7.0

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

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly....

#2
Trafficked

Trafficked

2017★ 6.6

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

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must ...

#3
Stroszek

Stroszek

1977★ 7.3

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

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street...

#4
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

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

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...

#5
Eden

Eden

2013★ 6.5

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

After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abdu...

#6
Import/Export

Import/Export

2007★ 6.9

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

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginn...

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