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10 Best Movies Like Purgatory House

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

#1
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#2
Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth

2007★ 6.1

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

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the pro...

#3
Decalogue X

Decalogue X

1989★ 7.9

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

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothe...

#4
Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie

1962★ 7.7

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

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution....

#5
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

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

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

#6
The Frozen North

The Frozen North

1922★ 6.2

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

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the s...