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10 Best Movies Like Pearl

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#2
Mr. Tree

Mr. Tree

2011★ 7.2

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

Teased by hallucinations, Shu, a slacker living in a rural village, struggles with an ever-loosening grip on reality. Yet when one of his visions manifests as real, his fellow vill...

#3
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983★ 7.2

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

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port c...

#4
Deep in the Heart

Deep in the Heart

2015★ 7.7

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

An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories....

#5
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.9

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#6
September

September

1987★ 6.2

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

After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently ar...

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