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10 Best Movies Like It Was the Son

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

#1
Let Yourself Go

Let Yourself Go

2017★ 6.1

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

Depressed Jewish shrink Elia one day meets Claudia, a young and eccentric personal trainer....

#2
A Quiet Life

A Quiet Life

2010★ 6.5

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

The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen yea...

#3
The Jewel

The Jewel

2011★ 6.6

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

Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the ...

#4
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932★ 6.8

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

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye ...

#5
The Shift

The Shift

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was the Son for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Brussels. Seventeen-year-olds Eden and Abdel carry out a terrorist attack in their school. Isabelle and Adamo, two paramedics who rush to the scene after the explosion, find Eden i...

#6
N-Capace

N-Capace

2014★ 6.2

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

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