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10 Best Movies Like Gertrud

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

#1
Criminal Lovers

Criminal Lovers

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gertrud for fans of Romance. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight...

#2
Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath

1943★ 8.0

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

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft...

#3
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

1957★ 7.7

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

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child....

#4
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gertrud for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 1...

#5
The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon

1993★ 6.9

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

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby ...

#6
I Was Born, But...

I Was Born, But...

1932★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gertrud for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood....