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10 Best Movies Like Santiago

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

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#1
Wild Strawberries

Wild Strawberries

1957★ 8.1

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

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his ...

#2
A Dog's Will

A Dog's Will

2000★ 8.4

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

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be ju...

#3
Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera

1929★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Santiago for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness....

#4
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral

Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral

2019★ 6.1

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

With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine Holliudy. This jeopardizes your son's college tuition, now 18 years old. To sal...

#5
Rain Man

Rain Man

1988★ 7.8

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

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and th...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...