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10 Best Movies Like Sürgün

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

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#1
The Miracle

The Miracle

2015★ 7.1

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

1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The te...

#2
About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

2023★ 7.7

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

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with ...

#3
The First Grader

The First Grader

2010★ 7.1

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

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never affo...

#4
Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958★ 7.0

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

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going profe...

#5
Beyond the Blackboard

Beyond the Blackboard

2011★ 7.6

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

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s ...

#6
10 to 11

10 to 11

2009★ 7.0

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

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a frien...

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