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10 Best Movies Like Once Were Rebels

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

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#1
Here We Are

Here We Are

2021★ 6.0

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

Aharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time...

#2
White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990★ 6.4

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

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually be...

#3
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#4
The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

1955★ 7.2

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

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted ...

#5
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#6
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Were Rebels for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...