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10 Best Movies Like Schöner Leben

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

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#1
The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019★ 6.5

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

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality....

#2
Berlin Express

Berlin Express

1948★ 6.2

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

In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot....

#3
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Berlin Alexanderplatz

2020★ 7.0

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

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly....

#4
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

2023★ 5.8

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

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age....

#5
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#6
Paula

Paula

2016★ 6.3

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

Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules....

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