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10 Best Movies Like Lars

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

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#1
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

2006★ 8.0

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

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the ...

#2
Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

1966★ 6.6

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

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry w...

#3
Barbara

Barbara

2012★ 7.2

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

In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-worke...

#4
Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016★ 6.7

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

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’...

#5
Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

1966★ 6.4

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

Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to hand...

#6
Exterritorial

Exterritorial

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lars for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him — and uncovers a dark conspiracy....

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