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10 Best Movies Like Emotional Arithmetic

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

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#1
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....

#2
Uprising

Uprising

2001★ 6.5

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

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis....

#3
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963★ 7.9

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

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to si...

#4
Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

1987★ 7.5

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

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who lo...

#5
The Match

The Match

2021★ 6.1

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

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match ...

#6
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

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