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10 Best Movies Like Shanakht

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

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2003★ 6.7

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

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

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El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#3
Just Charlie

Just Charlie

2017★ 7.0

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

Football star Charlie has the world at her feet. With a top club desperate to sign her, her future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager sees only a nightmare. Raised as a boy,...

#4
Port Authority

Port Authority

2019★ 6.0

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

Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secr...

#5
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

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The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

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