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10 Best Movies Like Kontroll

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

#1
The Song of Sparrows

The Song of Sparrows

2008★ 7.5

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

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim mo...

#2
The Boys of Paul Street

The Boys of Paul Street

1969★ 7.6

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

In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence....

#3
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

2010★ 6.3

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

A teenager prisoner awaits his release when two weeks before that happens he's told that his mother is returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a Sociology student, ...

#4
Freeze Frame

Freeze Frame

2004★ 6.2

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

Sean Veil is an ultra paranoid murder suspect who takes to filming himself round the clock to provide an alibi, just in case he's ever accused of another crime. Problems arise howe...

#5
Life in Silence

Life in Silence

2022★ 7.0

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

A young musician and single parent battles every day to communicate with his autistic son through music, until one day the kid s mother, shows off after eight years of absence, onl...

#6
Junk Movie

Junk Movie

1992★ 6.1

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

It is 1989, the year of the demise of socialism in eastern Europe. Nevertheless, the one theme of Junk Movie does not refer to this historical moment of high ideals, quite the cont...