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10 Best Movies Like The Fish is Dead

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

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#1
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#2
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fish is Dead 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....

#4
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.9

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

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#5
Sin tetas no hay paraíso

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

2010★ 7.3

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

Catalina is a young, beautiful girl living in extreme poverty with her brother Bayron and her mother Hilda. She becomes obsessed with getting breast implants to get social status a...

#6
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

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