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10 Best Movies Like Persecution

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

#1
The Misfortunates

The Misfortunates

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Persecution for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Slowly but surely, he's being prepared for the same hapless life. Ca...

#2
Little White Lies

Little White Lies

2010★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Persecution for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested...

#3
Sorry Angel

Sorry Angel

2018★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Persecution for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Art...

#4
Borderline

Borderline

2008★ 6.0

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

Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her gr...

#5
Precious

Precious

2009★ 7.3

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

In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, an...

#6
The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Persecution for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans....