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.

The Lives of Others
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 ...

Torn Curtain
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...

Barbara
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...

Alone in Berlin
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’...

Funeral in Berlin
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...

Exterritorial
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....