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10 Best Movies Like Principálka

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

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#1
Miss Violet

Miss Violet

2024★ 7.0

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

France. End of the 19th century. Louise Violet 40, a Parisian teacher, is sent on a mission to the French countryside. But in a place where the daily life is linked to the seasons...

#2
Munich – The Edge of War

Munich – The Edge of War

2021★ 6.9

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

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

#3
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

2022★ 6.2

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

Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end,...

#4
My People, My Country

My People, My Country

2019★ 6.6

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

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors....

#5
The Tasters

The Tasters

2025★ 6.6

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

In autumn 1943, in Gross-Partsch, 26-year-old Rosa, who had come from Berlin to stay with the parents of her husband Gregor, who was fighting on the Russian front, was taken by the...

#6
The Captive

The Captive

2025★ 6.6

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

In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family ...