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10 Best Movies Like Fire and Ashes

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

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#1
The Color of Paradise

The Color of Paradise

1999★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fire and Ashes for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand...

#2
The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999★ 7.1

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

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local ...

#3
The Salesman

The Salesman

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fire and Ashes 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
The Cow

The Cow

1969★ 7.7

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

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he ...

#5
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012★ 6.4

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

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and hi...

#6
Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter

1991★ 6.7

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

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well....

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