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10 Best Movies Like In a Sweatbox

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

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#1
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020★ 7.0

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

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly....

#2
Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee

1999★ 6.7

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

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citize...

#3
Desperate Living

Desperate Living

1977★ 6.4

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

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits....

#4
Phoenix

Phoenix

2014★ 6.8

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

In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her form...

#5
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

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

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...

#6
Cabaret

Cabaret

1972★ 7.4

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

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows in...

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