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10 Best Movies Like Night Shapes

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

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#1
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020★ 7.0

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

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly....

#2
Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981★ 7.3

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

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical mul...

#3
Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Night Shapes for fans of Drama. 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’...

#4
Jerichow

Jerichow

2009★ 6.5

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

In a small Northern German town, a dishonourably discharged Afghanistan veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former mee...

#5
People on Sunday

People on Sunday

1930★ 7.2

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

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from th...

#6
Love in Thoughts

Love in Thoughts

2004★ 6.3

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

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex....

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