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10 Best Movies Like I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe

If you loved I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#4
The River

The River

1984★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe 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...

#5
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#6
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Do Not Allow the Catastrophe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

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