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10 Best Movies Like East/West

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

#1
With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword

1999★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to East/West for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glo...

#2
Hotel America

Hotel America

1981★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to East/West for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Helene, a pill-addicted anesthesiologist, is mourning the death of her boyfriend when, through a car accident she causes, she chances to meet the lethargic Gilles, a young man who ...

#3
Tomorrow Was the War

Tomorrow Was the War

1987★ 6.3

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

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The main characte...

#4
10 to Midnight

10 to Midnight

1983★ 6.2

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

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gl...

#5
Successive Slidings of Pleasure

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

1974★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to East/West for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled t...

#6
My Boy Johnny

My Boy Johnny

1944★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to East/West for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a departure from the usual Terrytoon, this short is based on predictions of things to come in the world after the end of World War II. It primarily deals with, in a comedy sense...