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10 Best Movies Like Grotesque

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

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#1
Run

Run

1991★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Grotesque for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police....

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#5
Cocaine Godmother

Cocaine Godmother

2017★ 6.4

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

At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the...

#6
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

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