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10 Best Movies Like The Bystander Theory

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

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#1
Qwerty

Qwerty

2012ā€¢ā˜… 6.4

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

The movie is a fictionalized account of a disgruntled cop who has been wrongly implicated in a torture video that went viral. It begins on his last night of duty, as he is about to...

#2
I Saw the Sun

I Saw the Sun

2009ā€¢ā˜… 6.4

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

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As th...

#3
Chongqing Hot Pot

Chongqing Hot Pot

2016ā€¢ā˜… 6.4

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

When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy mone...

#4
Sign of the Lion

Sign of the Lion

1962ā€¢ā˜… 7.0

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

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing firmly in his horoscope....

#5
Lamerica

Lamerica

1994ā€¢ā˜… 7.1

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

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so t...

#6
The Dinner

The Dinner

2014ā€¢ā˜… 6.3

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

Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the pa...