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10 Best Movies Like The Dying Swan

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

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#1
The American

The American

2023★ 6.8

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

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina....

#2
Hamlet

Hamlet

1996★ 7.3

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

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing....

#3
Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

2021★ 6.5

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

Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awa...

#4
Frankie & Alice

Frankie & Alice

2010★ 5.9

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

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the ...

#5
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

2020★ 6.7

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

A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master ha...

#6
The Bolshoi

The Bolshoi

2016★ 6.1

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

Young and extremely talented dancer Yulya Olshanskaya from a small mining town draws a “happy ticket”: she is noticed by a former ballet dancer Pototsky and he promises her a futur...

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