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10 Best Movies Like Gisslan

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

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#1
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#2
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#4
Seeds of Yesterday

Seeds of Yesterday

2015★ 6.4

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

The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store a...

#5
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#6
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

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

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

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