Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Peer Gynt

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

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#1
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022★ 6.5

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

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an indepen...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Peer Gynt 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....

#3
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#4
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#5
Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019★ 6.5

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

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bon...

#6
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

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