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10 Best Movies Like La Promesse

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

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#1
The Dazzled

The Dazzled

2019★ 6.9

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

Camille, is the eldest of a large family. One day, her parents enter a religious community which gradually, regimentation becomes sectarian and Camille will have to fight to assert...

#2
For My Country

For My Country

2023★ 6.1

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

Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears ...

#3
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#4
Hala

Hala

2019★ 6.3

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

Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a...

#5
The Beautiful Country

The Beautiful Country

2004★ 5.9

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

After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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