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10 Best Movies Like Nowhere in Africa

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

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#1
The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979★ 7.4

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

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war y...

#2
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

1998★ 7.2

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

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). ...

#3
Trees of Peace

Trees of Peace

2021★ 7.2

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

Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda....

#4
Lore

Lore

2012★ 6.8

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

After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year...

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#6
Sound of Falling

Sound of Falling

2025★ 6.8

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

Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and dist...

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