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10 Best Movies Like Istırap

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

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#1
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#2
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#5
Paper Lives

Paper Lives

2021★ 8.0

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

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood....

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

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