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10 Best Movies Like Painful Roads

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

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#1
Painting America

Painting America

2016★ 3.0

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

Ache- B is a consecrated artist, gives his perspective on migration and art and how these two have influenced his life and have allowed him to leave a mark for every corner of Lati...

#2
Fools Die on Fridays

Fools Die on Fridays

1990★ 2.8

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

Andrey, former police officer is trying to find who is responsible for his false accusation and imprisonment....

#3
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

#4
Gunpowder

Gunpowder

1985★ 5.9

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

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be ...

#5
The Jungle Fight

The Jungle Fight

2014★ 10.0

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

The Jungle Fight is an action-packed love story about courage, trust, and the triumph of good over evil. David, a handsome football player, and Victoria, a talented singer, are a c...

#6
Wet Paint

Wet Paint

1977★ 8.0

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

[The] Insinuation of accidentally spilled ink that would be running across the paper in random, aleatory oozes displaces the graceful liquidity of the careful animated choreography...