10 Best Movies Like Forbidden
If you loved Forbidden, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Fireworks Wednesday
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced he...

The Stoning of Soraya M.
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marria...

All Day and a Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

The Unforgivable
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

Imperial Dreams
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

The Circle
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran....