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10 Best Movies Like Palmyra

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

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#1
The Attack

The Attack

2012★ 6.8

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

An Arab surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing....

#2
The Coach

The Coach

2018★ 6.6

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

Contemporary Russia. After he flubs a penalty kick, a humiliated national soccer player quits the game. He flees to a small town, where he decides to coach their local team....

#3
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#4
Living

Living

2012★ 6.6

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

Fate brings ordeals to characters that find themselves immersed in deep crisis; they must seek the strength to cope with adversity. In a remote and cold region of Russia, Galya, a ...

#5
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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