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10 Best Movies Like Isztambul

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

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#1
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#2
Wakefield

Wakefield

2017★ 6.1

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

A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months....

#3
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#4
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#5
Dream Lover

Dream Lover

1994★ 6.4

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

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to real...

#6
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Isztambul 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....

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